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Re: Pleasant surprise

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2016-02-05 05:35

My dog (a rescue) is a hybrid, mix of German Shepherd and Labrador Retriever. He's a great dog.

My best bass clarinet (comprised of eBay rescue pieces) is a hybrid of ca. 1920s H. Bettoney bakelite-ish plastic upper joint (with double manual register keys), a slightly modified plastic Leblanc Vito lower joint, a homemade metal low-C extension and a generic Chinese neck.

I've put together many other clarinets, bass clarinets and oboes from mixed brands and models, which often worked better than the original "purebred" instruments. Also swapped necks from non-original saxophone brands.

It's easy with the Leblanc clarinet lines (Vito, Normandy, Noblet, Leblanc-Paris) because they're mechanically nearly identical and acoustically identical -- so by all means try mixing and matching - if the tenons fit and the bridge keys are of compatible lengths and can be aligned, you may come up with a winner.

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