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Re: Selmer Bundy and other cheap bass clarinets

Author: lhoffman
Date: 2013-01-27 22:03

I'm a doubler with not too much bass experience, I've been able to get by with borrowed instruments. Now I'm in a spot where I really should have my own, so I recently got a Bundy and rebuilt it. It's a fine instrument for what it is. The intonation is not worse than anything else I've played. The action can be made very good with proper attention to spring tension and key heights. The few I've had the chance to look at seem succeptible to having their long stack rods bent. Other than that the keywork is not flimsy. The single octave vent can hiss on B and C, but I found this can be helped a lot by using a tapered cork pad, and a trick with stockings ("nylons") you can find here: http://www.musicmedic.com/info/articles/num_46.html

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