Klarinet Archive - Posting 000184.txt from 2003/03

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Bass Clarinet
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 18:18:11 -0500

Don, it appears to me from the note you posted about Buffet providing a
Bay bocal for all bass clarinets is more an argument against the
Bay neck then it is for the impact of the Bay neck on very short people.
Perhaps I misunderstood your central thrust but that is the way it read
to me.

I simply wanted to say that I used the Bay neck for years and found it
admirable. I'm not very tall (about 5'7") but valued the neck for one
reason. The angle of entry into the mouth when using the Bay neck was
similar to the angle of entry into the mouth of a standard soprano
clarinet mouthpiece.

I had Charlie make another one for my bass clarinet in A, but that never
worked. It had serious intonation difficulties and he took it back. So
I used a traditional neck on the BC in A and a Bay neck on the BC in
B-flat.

Dan

DGross1226@-----.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/3/2003 4:55:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, Jeff Berman <
> jberman@-----.edu writes:
>
> <<I wonder if any of you have a suggestion for a height-challenged Bass
> clarinetist. I lower the pad on my new Buffet low-C as low as it goes...>>
>
> Jeff,
>
> Unfortunately, IMNSHO, in their infinite marketing wisdom Buffet actually
> believed Charlie Bay's ads and thought that they were doing the world of bass
> clarinet players a huge favor by making the vertical angle of the neck more
> like a soprano clarinet than the "traditional" angle of Selmer, LeBlanc,
> Yamaha, et. al. Basically, you're screwed. As you've read, now you can
> either stack chairs, buy several telephone books, invest in cushions, or find
> someone who has a medieval rack to stretch you a bit.
>
> I only wish Buffet would offer a "traditional" angled neck as an option with
> their marvelous new bass clarinets. Until then, I'll stick with my Selmer
> Model 37.
>
> Don Gross
> La Canada, California
>
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