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Author: jasperbay
Date: 2010-10-27 17:04
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I 'stole' a neck from an early Bohemia wood Kohlert Alto to use on my metal Kohlert Alto (they seem to be interchangable, and come in a couple slightly longer and shorter versions).
Guilt finally forced me to make a neck, that can be used on either Kohlert. I made it from a chromed brass broken shower head, a couple mm. longer, to give some tuning flexability. Three parts; the mouthpiece socket, collar above the cork groove, and bent pipe, were silver-brazed together. I'll try to add a couple jpegs:
P.S. I've noticed that the inlet valves (with their under-sink threaded extensions) of some brass kitchen sink faucets have the correct dimensions for soprano metal clarinet necks!
Clark G. Sherwood
Post Edited (2010-10-27 17:20)
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Author: Wes
Date: 2010-10-27 19:32
Good idea, Clark!
On my Selmer Series 9 basset horn, it takes about 10 or 15 minutes of playing to get up to pitch A 440. To provide a higher pitched neck for cold days or high pitched groups, I made a shorter neck from standard 1/2 inch copper plumbing parts available at Home Depot at low cost. After making it, I buffed it and it looks bright copper. Plays great!
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Author: Bill G
Date: 2010-10-28 15:37
And I thought I was clever, years ago, in using part of a clarinet ligature to hold together a crack in the shank of a Brilhart alto sax mouthpiece. I hang my head in awe of your ingenuity.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-10-28 22:50
Although I do prefer silver solder joints to soft soldered ones, but in this instance you'd normally have soft soldered joints so things can be dismantled easier.
But for ingenuity and resourcefulness, top job!
Now to build an entire metal clarinet body from plumbing parts - it has been done for a low C extension, but an entire alto (with extended range), basset horn or low C bass clarinet from copper piping with the look of something found under the sink could be good!
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2010-10-29 05:27
good comment, Chris.
Clark's work doesn't look anything like a piece of below-deck plumbing --so it misses the sort of "voice" you suggest.
Very pretty work, all of it.
So will you make a set with Moening and Chadash tapers?
Bob Phillips
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Author: BobD
Date: 2010-10-29 12:11
A Facebook Friend recently posted a link to video showing the making of an all glass trombone concluding with a musician playing it. Ingenuity abounds everywhere.
Bob Draznik
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Author: jasperbay
Date: 2010-10-29 15:04
Chris P. is correct, that a 95/2 tin/silver low melting point solder would have been strong enough for this application, and tarnishes very little.
I, however, have read with great interest about the differing tonality ascribed to various materials. I was going after the "bright", "focused", "resonant" qualities of fairly pure Silver, rather than the "dark", "tinny", or "leaden" sound that would surely result from 'soft' solder. ![[grin]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie5.gif)
Hadn't even thought about a Moening reverse-taper, but with a Dremel tool and abrasives, anything is possible!
Clark G. Sherwood
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