Klarinet Archive - Posting 000182.txt from 2001/08

From: "Patricia Smith" <pattiesmith@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Selmer's new bass clarinet to low C
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 14:02:35 -0400

Richard Bush wrote:

The new clarinet plays better than my 33. The new Selmer is totally
stunning in sound, evenness, tuning and in every other possible way. The
extended low note machinery is simpler and easier to adjust and keep in
adjustment. The stock mouthpiece aint' too bad either.

Yes, they're a ton of money, but when compared to the price of a fine
bassoon, they're still a bargain!

Patricia:

It sounds as if the fingerings are a lot less like a bassoon as well. It is
about time, though, in all truth, I have never found another bass I have
preferred over the Selmers. still, anything to make the fingerings in the
lower register more logical and "interchangeable" as well as getting rid of
so much of that old right thumb action by using rollers is a great
improvement.

Patricia A. Smith
http://www.imperialsenate.co.uk
pattiesmith@-----.net

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