Klarinet Archive - Posting 000202.txt from 2005/11

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Contra Alto Clarinet Recommendations Wanted
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:32:27 -0500

Hello Richard,

Thank you for your recommendations. The Selmer USA received about 80
percent of the recommendations so I have sent that to the band director
(who is also the chair of the performing arts department at the moment) and
included your comments.

Thanks again,

Gary

At 11:15 AM 11/9/05, you wrote:
>The Selmer USA, aka Bundy, is patterned after the rosewood, French
>Selmer contra alto. While not as refined, and maybe needing some tone
>hole de-burring and phrazing, it is a true bargain....maybe the
>biggest bang for the buck of any low reed harmony instrument. The
>keywork is NOT ergonomically comfortable. I really feels like crap
>under the fingers, but it plays extraordinarily well. Some material
>can be cut, ground, buffed from the tips of the r.h. C/F and G#/D#
>(top terrace for the right hand baby finger) to make moving around
>down there easier, and there are some other key tweaks that can be
>done if one wants, but it is very playable inspite of its dumb finger
>feel. Mr. Marvin Roth played book five of Chorus LIne on Broadway for
>fifteen years using a Bundy contra-alto. If it's a good enough horn
>to be in the pit with some of the best doublers and pit musicians in
>the world, then it is probably good enough to be the contra-alto
>clarinet in a community college band.
>
>Richard Bush

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