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Problem with Selmer bass

Author: Robert Small
Date: 2001-02-23 05:57

I just got two low C Selmer basses (model 37) from WW/BW to try out. Both of them play much better in the clarion and altissimo registers than my low Eb bass (Selmer model 35) which has some resistance around top line F and altissimo D. I had a repairman go over this horn right after I bought it (a little less than a year ago) and he said he found nothing wrong but having now played two basses that do not have these problem areas I know that something is wrong. I intend to have another repairman look over the 35 to see if something is out of adjustment (I suspect the first repairman did not do a thorough examination) . But if the second repairman can detect no adjustment problems than it seems likely that the 35 is a lemon. Has anyone had this experience and if so what did you do about it? As the horn is less than a year old it should still be under warranty (I bought it from WW/BW). Has anyone tried to exchange a defective horn? I'll get it looked at again before I call WW/BW to see about an exchange but I figured I'd solicit some advice first. If my repairman can find nothing mechanically wrong and WW/BW tries to put up a brick wall would it be likely that a skilled clarinet technician such as Tom Ridenour or Charlie Bay could get this horn playing the way it should? Both of the 37s play like a dream so I now know how a bass clarinet should play. I had thought that a resistant clarion and altissimo was just something you had to deal with on the bass but I now know that that is not necessarily so.

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