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Polycylindrical BASS Clarinets - ???

Author: Sum Randumb D00d
Date: 2017-04-01 21:19

Is it safe to say that modern Bass clarinets are generally going to be polycylindrical?

And, if so, does anyone know when polycylindrical Bass clarinet production began in earnest, historically?

My understanding is that Robert Carree was experimenting with polycylindrical bores circa the 1951 to 1955 timeframe, and then circa 1955, Buffet switched almost all of their professional soprano clarinet production over to polycylindrical, as the new "R-13" model, in A & Bb.

But was something similar happening with the "Harmony" clarinets, like the Bass clarinets?

PS: I searched and searched the archives, and there are a bazillion pages on polycylindrical Soprano clarinets, but I couldn't find anything anywhere concerning polycylindrical Bass clarinets.

PPS: I guess the same question could be asked of the Eb sopranino clarinets - if and or when they switched over to polycylindrical...

Thanks.

jus sayin

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