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Author: saxlite
Date: 2010-02-10 15:00
A friend has an older Selmer pro bass clarinet and is looking for a new style highly angled neck. Selmer offers them as an aftermarket item at a price of $1300, which seems way out of the ballpark. Charles Bay is not responding to his inquiries. Are there any sources of these necks at reasonable prices?
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Author: USFBassClarinet
Date: 2010-02-10 15:31
The appear on Ebay occasionally. As well, people sell them occasionally on Sax on The Web forum.
Personally, I never saw a problem with the straighter necks.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2010-02-10 17:11
You have to be careful if you buy an after market neck because the double register mechanism is different on many different models. You can't just put a neck made of one model on another, it may not work. Intonation can also be an issue. I play an older model from the early 60s. The neck isn't straight but not as bent as the newer models. I do have to keep my head bent back a bit but I've always done that. I don't suggest having the angle to straight up so it enters the mouth like a clarinet, it should not be straight up and down in my opinion. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: kdk
Date: 2010-02-10 18:46
You may be able to find a repair person who can add some angle to the neck you already own. Mike Hammer in Philadelphia, who does all of my mechanical work, re-angled the neck of my old Leblanc bass. It isn't as vertical as some I've seen, but it does make a difference for me. I don't remember what Mike's charge was for doing it, but it was all shop time - no new parts involved - and very much below $1300.
Karl
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Author: USFBassClarinet
Date: 2010-02-10 22:42
Another thought...
If your friend is a DYI kind of person, there is some 'blueprints' on the Yahoo! new bass clarinet group of someone who did it themselves. They frequent these forms as well, but I do not remember the name.
(perhaps this will entice them to comment.)
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2010-02-11 00:37
I can't remember where I posted it, but some years back I put up some sketches and instructions for do-it-yourself neck re-angling. Perhaps this is what USFBassClarinet remembers?
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Author: USFBassClarinet
Date: 2010-02-11 02:48
I looked it up, it seems it the bass clarinetist was Mark Thiel.
I thought it was a home done remedy, but I was mistaken. It was done by Tim Werkema. He did give a detailed report, with scans, on the work done though.
Post Edited (2010-02-11 02:48)
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