Klarinet Archive - Posting 000044.txt from 2010/01

From: Wayne Thompson <wthompson7274@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Any New Developments in Bass Clarinets?
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:03:07 -0500

Gary, did you get any response to this note of yours from 2 weeks back?=A0 =
I will be at NAMM Thursday and Friday, and though I'm not up to speed on ne=
w bass clarinets, I'm curious and will be looking around as you are.=A0 =0A=
Wayne Thompson=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Gary Van Cott=
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odwind.org=0ASent: Mon, December 21, 2009 9:53:42 AM=0ASubject: [kl] Any Ne=
w Developments in Bass Clarinets?=0A=0AWe are about a month from the NAMM s=
how in Anaheim.=A0 I am curious if=0Aanyone is aware of any new development=
s in bass clarinets I should be on=0Athe lookout for.=0A=0AThe show is good=
for looking at what the Chinese manufacturers are doing=0Aas they (or thei=
r distributors) bring instruments looking for placement=0Ain the US and wor=
ld markets.=A0 So far the best of these instruments are=0Aalong the line of=
what I tried at Kessler's a year ago, a low C bass=0Athat played decently =
but had an awkward mechanism for the extended notes=0Aand a very sharp low =
C#.=0A=0AYou would think that they would want to get their hands on top of =
the=0Aline instruments and try to copy them exactly.=A0 If they produced=0A=
something that worked well, I think they could sell it in the=0A$3,000-5,00=
0 range.=0A=0AI am curious if anyone has tried the Buffet Greenline Low C B=
ass=0AClarinet.=A0 I see it is for sale at the same price as the regular mo=
del.=0AIt must weigh a ton. One of the big problems with bass clarinets is=
=0Akeeping the mechanism working in changing temperatures and humidity and=
=0AI would think the composite material they are made of would be less=0Asu=
sceptible to expansion and contraction.=0A=0A(Please pardon the double post=
ing for those on both the klarinet and=0Abass clarinet lists.)=0A=0AGary=0A=
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