Klarinet Archive - Posting 000045.txt from 2010/01

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Any New Developments in Bass Clarinets?
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:44:48 -0500

Hi Wayne. I will be there on Saturday. I am waiting for some decent
Chinese bass clarinets. I am not really expecting any this year, but
who knows.

Gary
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Wayne Thompson wrote:
> Gary, did you get any response to this note of yours from 2 weeks back? I will be at NAMM Thursday and Friday, and though I'm not up to speed on new bass clarinets, I'm curious and will be looking around as you are.
> Wayne Thompson
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>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
> To: NewBassClarinetGroup@-----.org
> Sent: Mon, December 21, 2009 9:53:42 AM
> Subject: [kl] Any New Developments in Bass Clarinets?
>
> We are about a month from the NAMM show in Anaheim. I am curious if
> anyone is aware of any new developments in bass clarinets I should be on
> the lookout for.
>
> The show is good for looking at what the Chinese manufacturers are doing
> as they (or their distributors) bring instruments looking for placement
> in the US and world markets. So far the best of these instruments are
> along the line of what I tried at Kessler's a year ago, a low C bass
> that played decently but had an awkward mechanism for the extended notes
> and a very sharp low C#.
>
> You would think that they would want to get their hands on top of the
> line instruments and try to copy them exactly. If they produced
> something that worked well, I think they could sell it in the
> $3,000-5,000 range.
>
> I am curious if anyone has tried the Buffet Greenline Low C Bass
> Clarinet. I see it is for sale at the same price as the regular model.
> It must weigh a ton. One of the big problems with bass clarinets is
> keeping the mechanism working in changing temperatures and humidity and
> I would think the composite material they are made of would be less
> susceptible to expansion and contraction.
>
> (Please pardon the double posting for those on both the klarinet and
> bass clarinet lists.)
>
> Gary
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