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Re: Buffet Bass Clarinet Question

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2007-03-22 06:20

A new tunable Buffet neck might fit your bass clarinet. Even if the bore/tenon fits then the key might need some modification. Also the register hole might not be in the best place of size for your model, but that's also changable.

The thing is, as David Spiegelthal says, a longer neck will not make the most problematic area (lower clarion) that much better. It will make your open notes (especially throat notes) much lower.

I don't think a wood bell will help much. I don't even think they will make the pitch lower (unless you get a special size one - maybe even higher price?). If you just open at the bell, does it help all the notes you need? If not, no matter what special size wood (or any material bell) bell you get it won't help.

First do what David suggested - open everything to have the best overall intonation for the clarinet, no matter how wobbly or uncomfortable it is to play. If there is no position that has decent intonation, one possibility is that it's just one of the old bass clarients with very bad intonation.

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