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 wooden bass clarinet neck
Author: Benjamin 
Date:   2012-03-10 22:14
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Just wondering if anyone has experimented with making a wooden bass clarinet neck? I've seen some curved barrels for the Schwenk und Seggelke basset clarinet which seem to be made from fusing 2 pieces of wood. I also wonder how one makes the curved piece at the top of the contrabassoon and whether a similar technique could be used for a bass neck?

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 Re: wooden bass clarinet neck
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2012-03-10 22:28

I'm sure Paraschos could probably make them if there was demand for them - they already make wooden sax and bassoon crooks.

Tenor sax crook: http://store.paraschos.gr/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=2
Bassoon crook: http://store.paraschos.gr/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=1

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2012-03-10 22:32)

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 Re: wooden bass clarinet neck
Author: alto gether 
Date:   2012-03-11 19:02

Certainly could be done with the tools Wolf uses to make the lupophone (or lupophon, depending on whether you Google auf Deutsch or in English). I believe the consensus is that it would be heavy and fragile and not sound any better than a metal neck. Still, with the substantial market for custom barrels for (why do they call them soprano?) standard clarinets, one would assume a small potential market for custom bass clarinet necks.

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