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Re: About that Ridenour Bass Clarinet...

Author: Wes
Date: 2004-06-05 08:36

The acoustics of the bass clarinet are a factor. The size of the bore and the amount of undercutting of the very low notes to provide good 12ths could enter into the tradeoff of which mechanism to use. The labor costs of undercutting the large holes on a bass may be part of the tradeoff. It also may be desireable to not make the diameter of the bass tube too large, which could improve the 12ths, because of weight and availablilty of wood, etc.

I have a H. Lefebre bass from the 50s which has a double vent system with one thumb key but no third vent for the bottom end of the tube. It is very deeply undercut in the low end in order to provide good 12ths. Adjustment is generally not anything to worry about as it is on some of the more recent three vent models. It has some advantages.

An alternate low Ab/Eb key can sometimes be added without a lot of cost. The slur from low Eb to low Ab occurs in a lot of music.

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