Klarinet Archive - Posting 000173.txt from 1999/10

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] About a Bass Clarinet Stand
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 15:39:20 -0400

>
> Mark, I was talking about the "barely out the door" 1193-3...It's a very
> interesting piece of equipment...I played a few recently and I am
> definatley
> considering that model as an option for purchase. It has three
> fingerings
> for low D (the extended one) and the key action was very very
> very smooth.
> It has a resonance opening on the bell and it almost looks as if a key is
> missing...I was told this was to help the resonance of the low C
> extension.
> The throat tones were consistently in tune and very focused as well. I
> really kind of liked it. But the Selmers just feel so much freer
> to me...so
> I was curious to see what other people thought. -Andrea F. Caccese

As Mr. Kloc said in his e-mail, this has been out for awhile. I played
several of them last year at the NAMM convention here in LA and I spoke
extensively with him about these horns. After I played one, I wanted to
take it home with me. It was the best bass clarinet I'd ever played....
The low C has been relocated to the bell, rather than having it in the wood
of the horn. It isn't resonance. The three low D's are the best part about
it. I have an old buffet and it has only one. It's a real pain to deal
with when I play contemporary music.

As the horn breaks in, it will free up a little bit. You want a little bit
of resistance when you buy it. The Selmers, in my experience are so free
that I was never able to focus my sound.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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