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RE: Bass Clarinet

Author: Dave Spiegelthal
Date: 2000-02-01 14:17

If you're looking for a new bass clarinet and you're on a limited budget (and don't need the low-C capability), I would recommend a plastic Vito (make sure it has the leather pads) --- it should run about $900 mail-order, and as I've posted before, it plays about 90% as well as a top-of-the-line wood Buffet, Selmer, or Leblanc, for about 1/4 or 1/5 the price (now THAT'S value!). If you buy one, do yourself a favor and have a really good technician go over it and tweak it a bit, as such things as pad heights and tightness of the mechanisms generally aren't set up quite right at the factory.

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