Klarinet Archive - Posting 000782.txt from 1999/02

From: HatNYC62@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Bay cost
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 20:35:26 -0500

In a message dated 2/19/99 4:12:54 AM, klarinet-digest-help@-----.org writes:

<< When I took a few lessons from Oliver Green on bass clarinet, he had an
old Selmer with a less vertical neck than todays instruments. He
advocated putting the horn as far below the chair as possible, tilting the
head, and raising the stand. I never had a problem with that - but I like
the new Buffet necks - very upright. >>

On the other hand, some of us prefer the opposite angle. Mike Lowenstern and I
both sit back in our chairs and lean the bass clarinet INTO us somewhat. The
new Buffet necks make this impossible. My bass clarinet embochure has no
relation to my clarinet embochure, and I like it that way. I can see why
Buffet has done what it has done with its necks, circumventing Mr. Bay, but I
hope they have an option for a normal neck as well.

David Hattner, NYC

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