Klarinet Archive - Posting 000049.txt from 2010/01

From: Nitai Levi <clarnibass@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Any New Developments in Bass Clarinets?
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:36:58 -0500

Is there a list of exhibitors like on the Musikmesse website which you can =
search by subject e.g. woodwinds/clarinets and country? =0AI don't see some=
thing like this on the website.=0A=0A=A0=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ---=
-=0AFrom: Wayne Thompson <wthompson7274@-----.or=
g=0ASent: Mon, January 11, 2010 6:31:06 PM=0ASubject: Re: [kl] Any New Deve=
lopments in Bass Clarinets?=0A=0AGary, and the List,=0AI shan't see you the=
n, Gary.=0A=0AIf anyone is new to the term, NAMM, it=A0is a music suppliers=
=A0convention in Los Angeles, California, and it is a wonderful chance to s=
ee what instruments and accessories=A0will be=A0selling in the United State=
s.=0A=0AI will try to post a bit Thursday night about what I see that may b=
e interesting for the clarinet world.=0A=0AWayne Thompson=0A=0A=0A=0A----- =
Original Message ----=0AFrom: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>=0ATo: klarin=
et@-----.org=0ASent: Sun, January 10, 2010 11:44:48 PM=0ASubject: Re: [k=
l] Any New Developments in Bass Clarinets?=0A=0AHi Wayne. I will be there o=
n Saturday.=A0 I am waiting for some decent=0AChinese bass clarinets.=A0 I =
am not really expecting any this year, but=0Awho knows.=0A=0AGary=0A+------=
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Wayne Thompson wrote:=0A> Gary, did you get any response to this note of yo=
urs 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> ----- Origina=
l Message ----=0A> From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>=0A> To: NewBassCl=
arinetGroup@-----.org=0A> Sent: Mon, December =
21, 2009 9:53:42 AM=0A> Subject: [kl] Any New Developments in Bass Clarinet=
s?=0A> =0A> We are about a month from the NAMM show in Anaheim.=A0 I am cur=
ious if=0A> anyone is aware of any new developments in bass clarinets I sho=
uld be on=0A> the lookout for.=0A> =0A> The show is good for looking at wha=
t the Chinese manufacturers are doing=0A> as they (or their distributors) b=
ring instruments looking for placement=0A> in the US and world markets.=A0 =
So far the best of these instruments 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 extended notes=0A> and a very sharp low C#.=0A> =
=0A> You would think that they would want to get their hands on top of the=
=0A> line 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=
,000 range.=0A> =0A> I am curious if anyone has tried the Buffet Greenline =
Low C Bass=0A> Clarinet.=A0 I see it is for sale at the same price as the r=
egular model.=0A> It must weigh a ton. One of the big problems with bass cl=
arinets is=0A> keeping the mechanism working in changing temperatures and h=
umidity and=0A> I would think the composite material they are made of would=
be less=0A> susceptible to expansion and contraction.=0A> =0A> (Please par=
don the double posting for those on both the klarinet and=0A> bass clarinet=
lists.)=0A> =0A> Gary=0A> +-----------------------------------------------=
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