Klarinet Archive - Posting 000372.txt from 2004/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: metal clarinets
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 01:41:06 -0500

At 10:09 PM 12/28/2004 -0800, Kurt Heisig wrote:
>Ralph Morgan was telling us the other day that many jazz players played
>the Bundy that was made from 1948-1957, until it was changed. It WAS the
>old BT (Benny Goodman's clarinet), but made of plastic. (Ralph was the
>salesman for Selmer in the southeastern states back in '51.)

The"change" was probably the introduction of the model 1401 with the .577"
bore. However, the original .590" Bundy was still available as the model
1400, and in fact is STILL in the Conn-Selmer catalogue as the Selmer 1400
(the store where I work carries them). You can tell the difference easily,
since "577" is prominently stamped on the Bundy 1401's. Later ones, after
the Bundy name was dropped, are simply marked "1401."

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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