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Alto neck from shower head- Metal lathe Fun

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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