Klarinet Archive - Posting 000466.txt from 2000/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Good Middle School Bass Clarinet?
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 09:50:45 -0500

At 07:26 AM 1/15/2000 -0500, Larry Zaidan wrote:
>Dear listers:
>
>I am going to be buying a bass clarinet for my middle school program. Are
>there any suggestions of good, solid, instruments that will stand up to the
>punishment that kids of this age can inflict? Of course, I am looking for
>one that sounds good too! ;-)
>
In our area, most people buy the Selmer/Bundy, primarily because it is the
least expensive. It sounds OK, but the keywork is not the most
user-friendly. Think of their soprano clarinets and magnify their faults
by the size increase. Vitos and Yamahas, virtually identical except that
Yamahas have leather pads as standard equipment, are the other main choice.
Their keywerk is the same as on the Noblets. All of these have one-piece
bodies, which prevents broken middle tenons and sockets. But nothing can
REALLY withstand the rigors of middle-school students!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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