Klarinet Archive - Posting 000048.txt from 2010/01

From: Wayne Thompson <wthompson7274@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Any New Developments in Bass Clarinets?
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:31:06 -0500

Gary, and the List,=0AI shan't see you then, Gary.=0A=0AIf anyone is new to=
the term, NAMM, it=A0is a music suppliers=A0convention in Los Angeles, Cal=
ifornia, and it is a wonderful chance to see what instruments and accessori=
es=A0will be=A0selling in the United States.=0A=0AI will try to post a bit =
Thursday night about what I see that may be interesting for the clarinet wo=
rld.=0A=0AWayne Thompson=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Gar=
y Van Cott <gary@-----.org=0ASent: Sun, Janu=
ary 10, 2010 11:44:48 PM=0ASubject: Re: [kl] Any New Developments in Bass C=
larinets?=0A=0AHi Wayne. I will be there on Saturday.=A0 I am waiting for s=
ome decent=0AChinese bass clarinets.=A0 I am not really expecting any this =
year, but=0Awho knows.=0A=0AGary=0A+---------------------------------------=
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---------------------------------=0A=0A=0AWayne Thompson wrote:=0A> Gary, d=
id 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 new bass =
clarinets, I'm curious and will be looking around as you are.=A0 =0A> Wayne=
Thompson=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> ----- Original Message ----=0A> From: Gary Van=
Cott <gary@-----.com; klar=
inet@-----.org=0A> Sent: Mon, December 21, 2009 9:53:42 AM=0A> Subject: =
[kl] Any New Developments in Bass Clarinets?=0A> =0A> We are about a month =
from the NAMM show in Anaheim.=A0 I am curious if=0A> anyone is aware of an=
y new developments in bass clarinets I should be on=0A> the lookout for.=0A=
> =0A> The show is good for looking at what the Chinese manufacturers are d=
oing=0A> as they (or their distributors) bring instruments looking for plac=
ement=0A> in the US and world markets.=A0 So far the best of these instrume=
nts are=0A> along the line of what I tried at Kessler's a year ago, a low C=
bass=0A> that played decently but had an awkward mechanism for the extende=
d notes=0A> and a very sharp low C#.=0A> =0A> You would think that they wou=
ld want to get their hands on top of the=0A> line instruments and try to co=
py them exactly.=A0 If they produced=0A> something that worked well, I thin=
k they could sell it in the=0A> $3,000-5,000 range.=0A> =0A> I am curious i=
f anyone has tried the Buffet Greenline Low C Bass=0A> Clarinet.=A0 I see i=
t is for sale at the same price as the regular model.=0A> It must weigh a t=
on. One of the big problems with bass clarinets is=0A> keeping the mechanis=
m working in changing temperatures and humidity and=0A> I would think the c=
omposite material they are made of would be less=0A> susceptible to expansi=
on and contraction.=0A> =0A> (Please pardon the double posting for those on=
both the klarinet and=0A> bass clarinet lists.)=0A> =0A> Gary=0A> +-------=
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