Klarinet Archive - Posting 000710.txt from 2001/11

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] doubling/new buffet bass
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 14:38:51 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: LoriLovato@-----.com]
>
> Speaking of doubling, I am proud to announce
> the arrival of a new bouncing, Buffet bass clarinet!
> Lisa is sending a couple for me to try tomorrow
> and I can't wait! The weather here in NM has been
> very, very dry and I'm concerned about the wood.
> Does anyone have any tips?
> Muchas gracias!
> Lori Lovato
> 2nd/Eb NMSO, SFS, www.3-2jazz.org

Congrats on the new horn! The new Buffet Bass Clarinets are amazing.
Outside of the standard stuff you'd do for your other horns, I wouldn't
worry too much about it. I've had my bass clarinet go through some pretty
extreme conditions and I've never had anything happen to it. I would keep a
humidifier in the case (as I'm sure you do with your soprano clarinets) and
make sure that humidity/temperature changes don't happen really quickly.
ie. don't blow through a really cold horn that has come from a case without
a humidifier in it.

--Ben

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

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