Klarinet Archive - Posting 000725.txt from 2003/04

From: forestaten@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Necks and barrels
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:41:01 -0400

Richard,

It is expensive...but how many bass clarinets do you buy in a lifetime...maybe
a couple. I had Selmer send me several and each played differently. All
good...but differently. I bought two at about $550 bucks each. Many of the best
bass clarinets have two-part necks. This for tuning. I found that exchanging
the two parts also made a huge difference. This part of the clarinet is
extremely important!

Forest Aten
> Damn. I started clipping the last posting so I could respond it it and
> I did so without doing my clipping with the email reply....lost the
> original.
>
> Anyway, the comment was that if one were serious about getting the best
> set-up, they'd do there shopping where they could play many necks.
>
> That's the rub. For many, just finding even one of each instrument to
> try, Selmer, Leblanc, Buffet and maybe even Yamaha is logistically
> impractical or prohibitively expensive.
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Richard Bush
> Hope to see you in SLC @ ClarinetFest 2003
> rbushidioglot@-----.com
> ICA member
>
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