Klarinet Archive - Posting 000817.txt from 1999/03

From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] Search for used contrabass
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:30:56 -0500

Hi again,

I was surfing the net this morning looking for something else when I came
across
this site. They claim to have a Leblanc BBb contrabass for $1750. Here's
the
URL:

http://cold.swconnect.net/caldwell/used.cfm

Best regards,
Jack Kissinger
St. Louis

J. Mir wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Not sure if this is exactly the right forum for this
> post but anyway I am looking for a contrabass clarinet, used.
> I'm not having much luck just poking around on the internet.
>
> Of course I would love to have a Leblanc 340 BBb (the one
> that is metal and loops round-n-round), but then who wouldn't?
> This is the horn I played in school, with a bari-sax reed.
> But as I am not a pro and cannot purchase a new one,
> perhaps I am only dreaming of locating one of these horns used.
>
> I play in 2 bands currently and want to start contrabass
> in one of them, continuing Bb in the other one.
>
> Any tips on locating a used contrabass would be appreciated.
> I would prefer BBb so that when the contra part doesn't exist
> or is missing I can track the bass clarinets. (UNLESS anyone
> out there has other ideas, given the apparent paucity of
> used contrabass horns!) I have never played the straight models
> so I am unaware of any special problems there other than chair height.
> Also I saw a new Vito resin-type contra on the internet for an
> extremely cheap price (<$3000) and wondered if anyone had any
> experience with these horns.

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