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Author: ACM
Date: 2012-12-08 22:30
My bass clarinet is broken because it cant play. I took it to the music shop 2 times and they said they fixed it but they didnt. I asked my band director to fix it 4 times and he said he had no idea what the problem was. How do i fix it?
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Author: gsurosey
Date: 2012-12-09 02:00
Will it play at all? If you put it together and play an open G, what happens?
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Rachel
Clarinet Stash:
Bb/A: Buffet R13
Eb: Bundy
Bass: Royal Global Max
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2012-12-09 03:02
While I'm sympathetic to your plight, consider this: Neither the technician (assuming they have one) at the music store, nor your band director (who is very likely not a clarinetist, am I right?) could diagnose your problem with the instrument in their hands --- but you think we can diagnose it over the Internet?
Perhaps you should bring it to an actual woodwind technician in your area. I don't know where in Texas Pflugerville is, but there certainly are techs around there somewhere.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-12-09 05:30
If in doubt, never ask a band director!
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2012-12-09 05:49
It looks like it's close to Austin (30km). Is this the place you tried? http://www.straitmusic.com/
If it's not, then maybe you should. I got a good impression from the repairer who works there... at least I think he does (I can try to find out for sure). But I don't know for sure since I don't have any real experience with them, I just spoke with him a little bit.
Assuming the clarinet doesn't play at all, most likely the problem is a leak but anyone would need the instrument to find it. Was it playing fine and suddenly stopped or was it always like this?
Post Edited (2012-12-09 05:50)
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2012-12-09 22:45
It is very difficult for a repairman that doesn't have experience with bass clarinets to fix them. Especially if they don't play them themselves because the slightest leak can play havoc with it and can be very difficult to find, especially the double octave ones, though your's is probably a student model with a single octave key. If it doesn't play at all the likely fault is a leak in the upper joint, probably around the throat tones, top of the upper joint, or in the neck itself. Any leak up there would effect the entire instument. It doesn't take much. Also, check to make sure the A key on the top joint, G# - A is covering completely and the bridge key, the one that connects the lower joint to the upper joint in the middle of the clarinet is coordinated properly. Good luck!
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Author: davyd
Date: 2012-12-11 04:25
Maybe one of the four keys operated by the right index finger is out of alignment and thus a pad isn't closing its hole, or perhaps a pad needs replacing? Maybe there's nothing wrong with the instrument itself, but none of your reeds are functional?
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Author: reed and MP dude
Date: 2012-12-11 05:40
Is it a school horn or your own? It sounds like it's your own horn. Google the nearest major symphony and try to find out who the bass clarinetist is and ask where he takes his horns to.
If you have time and you don't mind shipping it out somewhere, ask Eddie Palanker. He pretty much has the most experience playing the bass clarinet in the US, if not the world. Probably close to 50 years. Who ever he goes to thats where I'd send it. Perhaps Eddie knows someone in TX, since that seems to be where you are writing from. Eddie is pretty well known through out the country.
A and Bb r13's new.
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