Klarinet Archive - Posting 000599.txt from 1999/09

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Bass Clarinet Stuffiness
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 11:49:04 -0400

I found this "feature" worse on the Bundy, when I had one, than on the
Noblet bass - I put it down to the different positions of the (single)
register key. The Selmer model you refer to presumably has two register
keys, so the problem there can't have the same cause - I suppose.......
Roger S.

On
Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Ken Wolman wrote:

> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 10:51:02 -0400
> From: Ken Wolman <Ken.Wolman@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Bass Clarinet Stuffiness
>
> Spiegelthal.Dave@-----.COM wrote:
> >
> > Sherry Katz asked about Vito bass clarinets, among other things. I have a
> > two-year-old plastic VIto bass which plays very well, no stuffiness anywhere
> > except a slight bit on the middle B-natural and the chalumeau (lowest) E-flat,
> > which seems to be typical of Leblanc products in general. Otherwise, my $900
> > special plays as well, or better than, nearly all of the $4000+ wooden
> > instruments I've tried.
> > Dave Spiegelthal
> > Calverton, VA
>
> I have mentioned this before, I think, but my Selmer-Bundy, also
> plastic, has a certain degree of stuffiness in the middle register that
> requires some carefully focused harder blowing: that is where the
> difference between the bass and soprano horns strikes me most
> noticeably. Different mouthpiece/reed combinations yield different
> results and the most pleasing I've found yet is a Pomarico #1 facing
> with a #3 reed. I have to do some adjusting with more open facings and
> softer reeds to get a decent sound; and even so, the notes seem thinner
> than those above and--certainly--below. The lower register particularly
> is a joy: the horn just thunders down low.
>
> Actually, I still wonder whether it's an inherent issue with bass
> clarinets in general or whether it's me. I've played on a used $4000
> (used) Selmer pro horn and had the same middle register problem.
>
> Ken
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