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Author: orichic
Date: 2014-03-30 18:50
I need a new Barrel for my Alto Clarinet but I can't find a website that tells them new. A Website that sells other Alto Clarinet parts would be pretty useful too.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-03-30 23:15
The neck to an alto or bass clarinet is more a "part" of the horn. You need to contact a dealer of the brand you have, and ask them how much the part is and how soon the manufacturer can get it to them. I think I recall a bass neck for a Selmer Privilege is around $550. So I would guess an alto neck would be less by a percentage.
..........Paul Aviles
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Author: wanabe
Date: 2014-03-31 01:33
You have the easy end of the stick to fix. I just spent two months trying to find a bell for an alto. They are scarcer than lips on a chicken. I finally just bought an old junker alto that had a repairable bell and threw the rest into the parts bin. I fortunately was working with a Bundy and old Bundy altos are pretty common and pretty cheap. There are a lot of them on EBay that are retired from the highschool band wars. The neck should be easier to find in a serviceable condition. Just about all of the bells look like a flat tire, but the necks can usually be beat into submission.
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Author: Wes
Date: 2014-03-31 01:57
For a Selmer basset horn I have, I made an extra short neck from common copper plumbing parts from Home Depot. Being heavy, it takes a long time to warm the instrument up to A440 when cold with the normal neck. However, I later also found an extra factory neck at the Backun musical services company in BC for a low cost. Good luck!
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Author: Steven Ocone
Date: 2014-03-31 22:32
The metal piece between the mouthpiece and neck is usually referred to as a neck. I may have one lying around. Or look for a junker on ebay to take the neck from.
Steve Ocone
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