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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2004-11-13 21:17
Does anyone know anyone who has an extra floor peg for bass clarinet? Our community band has a bass clarinet that is missing one and the guy is tired of stacking clarinet cases to prop it up. Or, if you don't know someone who might have one do you know anyone that might have some parts?
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Author: msloss
Date: 2004-11-14 00:19
You can actually go to the hardware store and get a length of metal rod of the appropriate diameter, and then jam a superball on the end of it. The whole mess will run you about $2.00. I've done it a couple times for school basses. Just bring the bell with you so you can test the size.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2004-11-14 00:54
Rite MSL, just a bit of "mechanical matching" , hope its not an English/Metric mismatch. Having some slippage with my Selmer B C peg [clamping], I "adapted" a sponge-plastic bumper-tip to the peg's size as a "stopper" which also acts as the most frequent height adjustment. Simple/effective, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2004-11-14 01:52
Sadly, I don't have access to the instrument. The guy who plays it takes it home with him and he doesn't live in my town. He drives in for Mon. evening practice. I'll look at it Monday and perhaps see if I can get a measurement.
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2004-11-14 13:57
Well, he'll have to come to my town to find a hardware store--but I'll tell him about the suggestion to fix the problem. He lives in a very, very small West Texas town. Not much out there.
Great suggestions, thanks.
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Author: William
Date: 2004-11-14 15:52
This might be of some interest. A local clarinetist who plays a Buffet low C bass also carries a Bundy bass clarinet peg in her case because, whenever possible, she prefers to sit on a highstool when playing. By sitting higher and using the longer Bundy peg, it is possible to adjust the heigth of the low C bass so that short players--like her (and myself)--do not have to tilt the clarinet outwards to reach the mouthpiece on the new upward-angled low C necks. More comfortable for the hands, also.
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Author: oxfeely
Date: 2004-11-14 16:47
As a bass clarinet player, I've always been tempted to have a 'cello style sharpened endpin peg made for me to see if that would help transfer some of the vibration to the wooden stage for extra resonance.
Has anyone tried this??
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2004-11-14 18:51
Some makers use the most obscure diameter of rod, which I have had difficulty obtaining even from comprehensive, local suppliers of engineering materials.
One size certainly does not fit all!
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Author: LeeB
Date: 2004-11-14 20:23
If you get such a rod, don't try it when you're rehearsing at someone else's house. Lots of people don't appreciate having holes punched in their nice wood flooring.
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Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2004-11-14 20:29
If a proper match can't be made, use a "hose clamp" as a stop on the rod.
A piece of duct tape will make a handy stop, in a pinch.
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Author: Dawne
Date: 2004-11-16 02:16
I gree with Gordon. I tried to get a long rod at my local Home Depot, so I could use it standing up. Even though the store had lots of different sizes in different materials, I could not find just the right one....seems like I needed some "in between" metric size or something...I was so disappointed.
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Author: LeeB
Date: 2004-11-16 05:42
A thought...
Perhaps it would be possible to build up the thickness a bit in the appropriate spot using heat shrink tubing (used for electronic and electrical work). There are different types available. Some heat shrink tubing has a heat activated adhesive on the inside that would stick well to metal.
How well this worked might also depend on the clamping mechanism on the instrument. Some might wear out a plastic coating faster than others.
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Author: contragirl
Date: 2004-11-16 06:41
Someone told me that you can go to your local Luthier or just plan music store, and buy a cello peg with a ball on the end for like 12 bucks. It's super cool!
--CG
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Author: donald
Date: 2004-11-16 07:19
when i play Bass Clarinet in the Auckland Philharmonia i use the RC Prestige Bass Clarinet that belongs to the orchestra. As i am quite tall i find the floor peg that comes with the instrument to be a little short (the black ball has come off which effectively shortens the peg slightly- i can shorten the legs on the orchestra chairs to compensate, but then i feel like a grasshopper with my knees at chin level).
As in the case William mentions above, i use a peg from a Bundy plastic clarinet- this is the correct diameter and is long enough for me to sit up straight in the chair. One size does not fit all, but Bundy DOES fit Buffet.
donald
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2004-11-16 21:15
Donald, I'm sure your local repair technician or engineer, if equipped with a lathe, could easily make an small extension piece for the lower end of that too-short spike. Not a big job.
And a replacement rubber ball should be available, if not from a string instrument shop, then probably much more cheaply from "The Warehouse" or a "Two Dollar Shop". Putting a hole into the ball should be easy enough.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2004-11-16 21:51
If the peg holder doesn't fit what's available at a hardware store, it's fairly easy to get a set from Ferree's, or have your local repair tech take it off a junker. Soldering it to the side of the bell is not a difficult repair job.
Iyou can't get the holder tight enough, and the the rod slides down, and the holder is one that tightens a collar to squeeze the rod, rough up the rod with some coarse sandpaper. If the mechanism is one that screws a point against the rod, drill some indents in the side of the rod.
If the tightening screw is a wing nut, you can get a lot more leverage by covering the wings with short lengths of silicon surgical tubing. If it's a round handle, get a big rubber washer or a thick O-ring to fit around the outside, or wrap it with thick rubber bands.
A Super Ball is the best thing to put on the bottom of the peg. It's coefficient of friction against the floor is phenomenal.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2004-11-17 01:24
And any hand turned wing nuts, etc, exert a lot more force if the threads and the other contact face are lubricated.
BTW this applies especially to saxophone neck screws.
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Author: donald
Date: 2004-11-17 18:38
i don't need to because i have a bundy floor peg, i thought i'd mentioned that?
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