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Author: rawsound
Date: 2013-05-10 20:07
Fellow Contra Artists,
I'm playing on a Bundy Contra Alto and am trying to have a custom swab made for it. I've contacted Omar Henderson at Doctor's Products about making a contra version of their Black Legend Swab and need to supply him with some critical specifications. I'm wondering if anyone on here would have the information i need.
Bore size: .987"
Body length (including the metal top joint): ??????
Protruding register tubes in the interior of the instrument: ??????
(would need to know if there are any, and how far they protrude into the bore)
Thanks in advance for your help and expertise.
rawsound
rogerallenward
composer
proud owner and player of a Leblanc Pro Alto Clarinet
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Author: LCL
Date: 2013-05-11 16:58
A BC swab will work as Steve said. I own a play a Rosewood model that comes apart at the mid joint, but adding a lenght of twine should do nicely. I actually did this for my Leblanc Paperclip contra and it works fine!
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2013-05-12 17:58
I agree with Steve Ocone and LCL. For my Bundy contra-alto, I added about a foot of extra string to the cord on an Ann Hodges silk bass clarinet swab. I used string I'd saved from an old swab.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: alto gether
Date: 2013-05-12 19:04
As others have suggested, I use a lengthened bass clarinet swab on my Bundy contra alto. Beware! knots will snag on the register vents. I added a new length of cord and then wrapped the knots and protruding ends with thread. Even so it's a nuisance shaking them around the bend at the top, so I never even try to do this at a band practice, only at home.
Hodge makes a sausage-like swab for the curly tip of a baritone sax, and it may be the right tool. I haven't managed to get my hands on one and don't want to order it sight unseen.
If somebody just made a bass clarinet swab with a long enough cord, it would be a good contribution to all of us dozens of contra alto players.
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2013-05-13 12:40
I should have remembered to mention that I don't use my extended bass clarinet swab in the curved neck of the contra-alto. I take the neck, the bell and the mouthpiece off before swabbing. I run the extended bass clarinet swab through the bell and through the body of the clarinet separately. For the neck, I use an ordinary (unmodified) silk swab for soprano clarinet.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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