Klarinet Archive - Posting 000050.txt from 2010/01

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Any New Developments in Bass Clarinets?
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:12:19 -0500

This webpage has a downloadable directory.
http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2010/directory

The show is actually in Anaheim just south of Disneyland. By my
estimation it is about 80 percent electric and other guitars, drums, and
electronics. ClarinetFest is really a much better place to see clarinets.

Gary
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Nitai Levi wrote:
> Is there a list of exhibitors like on the Musikmesse website which you can search by subject e.g. woodwinds/clarinets and country?
> I don't see something like this on the website.
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Wayne Thompson <wthompson7274@-----.net>
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Sent: Mon, January 11, 2010 6:31:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Any New Developments in Bass Clarinets?
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> Gary, and the List,
> I shan't see you then, Gary.
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> If anyone is new to the term, NAMM, it is a music suppliers convention in Los Angeles, California, and it is a wonderful chance to see what instruments and accessories will be selling in the United States.
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> I will try to post a bit Thursday night about what I see that may be interesting for the clarinet world.
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> Wayne Thompson
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Sent: Sun, January 10, 2010 11:44:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Any New Developments in Bass Clarinets?
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> 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?
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>> 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.
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>> 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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