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Author: Ben
Date: 2004-12-02 03:19
I am going to be playing for an Opera premiere in a couple months, and I will need to switch back and forth between Bass Clarinet and Contra Alto Clarinets. So, I would like to find a very good stand that would be good for both instruments.
The best one I have seen so far is the Blayman, but I have only seen it on the web site. Does anyone know whether the stand will work for Contra Alto in addition to a low C Bass Clarinet? Also, are there any other makers equaly good, or is the Blayman the best?
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Author: mnorswor
Date: 2004-12-02 04:11
The Blayman will work for both the bass and contra-alto clarinet. I've used mine for ContraBass as well. It does a great job and is adjustable to varying heights. For my money, it's big and clunky (which makes travelling with it a pain), hwoever, it's heavy, durable, won't tip over and holds the instruments without putting any pressure on keys therefore not bending any of them. I guess you can tell, I like it
Michael
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Author: diz
Date: 2004-12-02 04:46
Which opera??
Without music, the world would be grey, very grey.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2004-12-02 06:15
I have the Konig stand for bass clarinet and I can't see a reason why it wouldn't hold a contra-alto (I have a low C bass clarinet). The price of the Blayman is 3 times as much as the Konig, How is it better?
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Author: pewd
Date: 2004-12-02 12:35
The Konig & Meyer stand works fine for Alto, Bass and Contra-Alto. It will hold a straight Contra-Bass, but you have to be careful with the Bb, it can be a bit unstable (top heavy).
I've never tried a Blayman, so can't offer a comparision.
paul
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Ed
Date: 2004-12-02 13:25
I have both stands which I use for my low C bass. I have ended up carrying my Blayman pretty much exclusively to gigs, despite the weight. Why? Because it is extremely sturdy, stable, adjustable and holds the instrument beautifully. It also has a smaller "footprint" so that it takes up less space, especially when space is tight. It is a great product and highly recommend it.
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2004-12-02 14:16
Both the Blayman and Konig & Meyer stands work for both bass and contra-alto clarinets, but for the contra the Blayman is a better fit and more stable.
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Author: William Hughes ★2017
Date: 2004-12-02 18:46
Looking at a picture of the Blayman stand, I can't figure out where the cost comes from. Is the base filled with gold?
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2004-12-02 19:33
The Blayman base is solid cast iron --- a bear to lug around but worth its weight in gold for stability. I've drilled and tapped mine to accept a soprano clarinet peg --- another nice property of cast iron is that it is soft and easy to drill and tap.
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Author: kenabbott
Date: 2004-12-02 19:44
I have Koenigs for by bass, contra alto and contra bass. I have found them quite satisfactory.
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Author: Terry Stibal
Date: 2004-12-02 21:57
They are great stands for holding the horn, but something less than portable (cf lugging around what is the equivalent of a chunk of radiator). Undisturbed, they do a good job of keeping things upright, but one nudge in the wrong direction and it's rebuild time.
I use a set of stands for my bass clarinets that I acquired back in the early 1960's. Made of diecast aluminum by a company called Anderson up in northern Indiana, they fold up tightly, take two pegs on the legs, can be converted into alto and tenor sax stands with three substituted parts, and are adaptable to other uses.
(Being somewhat paranoid about overturned instruments (and having watched a Mark VI tenor on a standard folding stand get turned into a wall ornament one evening by a careless and indifferent actress), I elect to over-engineer my horn stands. For the bass clarinet, I use the upright and horseshoes from the Anderson stand bolted to a massive I-bar made of 2 x 4 dressed oak. It takes about a hundred pounds to pull that over. Haven't lost a or damaged horn since...and that's with thirty years plus of pit and bandstand work.)
Alas, they don't seem to be made available for sale any longer. The address and telephone number for the firm (got off of the last invoice from them, dated 1984) is no longer good, and I've not seen any indication as to where they might have moved. Any help in this area would be appreciated.
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