Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2008-01-15 18:19
If I understand the situation correctly, all those bargain-basement low-C bass clarinets, whether they're branded by Ridenour, or WW & BW, or whatever, appear to be copies of the Yamaha design because, in fact, that is what they are! I may be wrong, but I believe that all these instruments, regardless of label/distributor, are inexpensive Chinese-made copies of the Yamaha low-C bass clarinet; analogous to the cheap Chinese-made saxophones flooding the market which are copies of either the Selmer Super Action 80, or of the professional Yamaha sax.
If anyone has any hard evidence to the contrary, I would love to hear it! Please note that I have attempted to avoid making any value judgements here --- I'm just discussing design and manufacturing origin, not quality.
Post Edited (2008-01-15 18:20)
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