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Author: Bass1193
Date: 2004-06-27 03:14
I was on the Rossi site the other day, and I noticed that they can make a bass bell of grenadilla. Can this actually affect tone enough to justify obliterating a metal bell? I'd like to keep the metal one and have a wood one if the two can cause the horn to sound so different, you know, for different venues and settings.
Cheers,
Sean
p.s. I'm a youngster yet, and I hope what I'm saying is right, but if it's not then give me a shout so that I may stand corrected!
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2004-06-28 17:12
I strongly doubt that there would be any change in tone and, if there was, it would only affect the lowest couple of notes. I say this for two reasons:
(1) Most of the sound comes out of the tone holes, not the bell (except for the lowest notes). You can completely remove your bell and nothing will change regarding tone or intonation for much of the instrument's range.
(2) Although there may be a little dispute to this, the material the instrument is made of has little, if any effect on it's tone. A metal clarinet, a wood clarinet and a plastic clarinet made to the same standards would sound the same. (Professional wood clarinets usually sound better than plastic student instruments because they are made to higher standards.)
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Author: lowclarinetman
Date: 2004-06-28 17:56
My old teacher, Henri Bok and one of my good friends Sarah Watts, both play with the Rossi bells on the bass clarinet
it makes a great deal of difference with the low notes(D,C#, and C) plus is offers a vent for a possible Low B...
I play a selmer as does Henri and Sarah.
feel free to ask more
bob
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Author: LeWhite
Date: 2004-06-29 01:25
If you wanted a different sound out of a bass clarinet, wouldn't it make more sense to make a grenadilla neck?
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Author: Bass1193
Date: 2004-06-30 05:21
Hi!
Yes... I thought the same, that it doesn't change tone enough. Lowest notes benefit, but is it really worth the thou? I'd think it would deaden low notes as well as darken them. Not relly a plus when you're sitting behind a whole heap of strings, I should think! It does look sorta' neat though.
Cheers!
Sean
p.s. I'm a youngster yet, and I hope what I'm saying is right, but if it's not then give me a shout so that I may stand corrected!
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Author: Liquorice
Date: 2004-06-30 06:23
The principal bass clarinetist of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra plays on a wooden bass bell (not by Rossi). He believes that it doubles the volume of his instrument. He certainly has a big tone!
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