Klarinet Archive - Posting 000731.txt from 2003/04

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Necks and barrels
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:41:07 -0400

I don't know about Buffet, but my Selmer 33 does not have a serial
number stamped on the neck. For this reason, if one can get to a place
like Selmer in Elkhart or Buffet's main place to try instruments, I
can't imagine that there would be any objections to swapping out necks
with horns until one finds the best of both.

I agree, a bass clarinet is probably a once only purchase for most and
they're sooooo expensive. A plane ticket for $300 or $400 might be
money well spent by the serious shopper.

On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 11:30 AM, forestaten@-----.com wrote:

> 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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