Author: HANGARDUDE
Date: 2014-08-12 23:20
David: My instrument might be taller than yours, since the entire body has been specially tuned to A442, and can be easily adjusted to A440, as well as squeezing back to A443 by not pulling the slide at all(though the mouthpiece would be too high). I guess the reason for those 3 resistant notes is because I am not skillfully competent enough, since I had the same problem on my old plastic Yamaha bass. Other than that my Foag bass sound amazingly consistent from Low D2 up to high E5. IMO the G4 up to E5 has been superb and even more defined than the Selmer did.
Mine is a fully automatic triple register system, which surprisingly cost the same with the semi-automatic system made by the same maker. For the basset keys on my Foag horn they are a little bit too far from the right index finger touchpiece, causing my thumb to stretch. So I've decided getting a replacement part of that has a half-key attaching to the bottom of the right index finger touchpiece, so I could move down my index finger to let my thumb reach closer to the basset keys. I'll be getting it from Foag himself.
My Aida MP was supposed to a German bass MP, but it surprisingly worked with French alto reeds without any modification or narrowing! And on a side note, it had a similar tip opening with a B40 alto MP!
And yes, my Foag horn blends really well with higher clarinets, French and German. It particularly blends well with Vintage R13s as well as Festivals(which is the instrument I hope to get). It also compromises better with bassoons, having a more 'friendly' tone while standing out as an unique instrument of its own right.
Josh
Post Edited (2017-05-05 02:58)
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