Klarinet Archive - Posting 000089.txt from 2006/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Bass Clarinet for Beginners?
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 20:04:07 -0400

At 02:33 PM 9/8/2006 -0500, Christy Erickson wrote:
>...Needless to say, the principal of the school and I had a little
>conversation
>about this one and things have been straightened out. Anyway, you are
>correct that for some reason, school bass clarinets are highly neglected
>instruments and the band directors always wonder why they cannot inspire any
>of the kids to play them.

Judging from the number of bass clarinets we get into our shop for repairs
from schools, they cannot be all THAT neglected. We see many of them
multiple times in a school year. However, they are extremely prone to
damage from carelessness, due to the long keys and rods among other
things. I always say that a bass clarinet BY DEFINITION has SOMETHING out
of adjustment on it.

Bill Hausmann

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

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