Klarinet Archive - Posting 000077.txt from 2010/01

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Any New Developments in Bass Clarinets?
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:49:14 -0500

How about old developments? I'm trying to sell my Leblanc Low C bass
clarinet. Anyone interested?

Fred Jacobowitz

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On Jan 13, 2010, at 9:21 AM, Nitai Levi wrote:

> Is it significantly different from Musikmesse? I thought Musikmesse
> was great for trying clarinets, saxophones, etc. but it seems that
> most of the interesting ones are not in NAMM maybe?
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Sent: Mon, January 11, 2010 7:12:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Any New Developments in Bass Clarinets?
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> This webpage has a downloadable directory.
> http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2010/directory
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> 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?
>>
>> Gary, and the List,
>> I shan't see you then, Gary.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> I will try to post a bit Thursday night about what I see that may
>> be interesting for the clarinet world.
>>
>> Wayne Thompson
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- 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?
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- 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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