Klarinet Archive - Posting 000309.txt from 2002/02

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bass clarinet problems
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 14:16:06 -0500

The regular neck that came with the instrument. I cannot afford to spend
significantly more on the neck (and required mouthpiece) than I spent on
the horn itself!

Unless there is another source of curved-up necks, I shall have to continue
to "go bottomless in the band room."

At 02:23 PM 2/16/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Are you using a straight or curved-up neck? I would think the curved-up
>(proper angle) neck would provide the angle you need to keep the
>instrument in your mouth when playing the throat tones.
>
>Mike Dowler
>
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George Kidder
Senior Scientist and Instrumentation Officer
Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory
Salisbury Cove, ME

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