Author: crac1967
Date: 2010-08-12 11:53
Hi,
I've just bought a used Leblanc paperclip contra alto. Unfortunately it has arrived with a neck for a contra bass. As both instruments have the same bore it fits, but is too long to get the instrument in pitch, and probably causes all sorts of other incidental problems.
I have the option to send it back to the seller, but I've had it sent to the UK from the US, so I've already paid a chunk of cash in import duty which I'm not going to get back. The instrument in general is in good condition apart from the incorrect neck.
My question is this: can I just get a couple of inches cut off the end of the neck to make it the correct length for a contra alto? Has anyone done this before? Are there problems I haven't considered? Obviously this is a fairly horrible thing to have to do, but unless anyone has a better suggestion, or a spare contra alto neck they'd like to sell, I'm not sure what else to do.
If I decide to go this route, could someone on the list with a Leblanc paperclip contra alto please measure their neck and tell me how long the tenon that mates with the main body of the instrument should be?
Thanks for your help.
Crac
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