Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2004-07-12 14:44
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I'll try to attach a picture of my 1965 Bb R13. I have played it continuously through college and a semi-pro career of orchestra playing. I now play in various orchestras in the Portland, OR area. This horn came by way of a friend of my college professor at the Univ. of Colorado. This friend was Charles Bay, who did his special tweeking to improve the intonation. I few years ago I got the idea I should be playing a new horn, but after trying many, I knew I would have a hard time finding one to match what I had. So, I sent it to Naylor's (Woodwind.org sponsor) to have it oil bathed and redone. It was like a new horn again! The wood had dryed so much it had lost its shape and intonation. Naylor's process renewed it.
When I went to LA to buy a new A clarinet, I looked all over and was frustrated to play about 20 horns that either played in tune and sounded bad, or sounded great but played out of tune. I wound up with Charles Bay again, who sold me a Patricula A he had tweeked a lot. He provided me with one of his mouthpieces, too, and that was a good thing for my playing. I guess this turns out to be a Charles Bay story in many ways.
Just for fun I put in a picture of a waterfall from the Columbia River Gorge close by my home of Vancouver, WA.
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