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Re: Amati wooden bass clarinet--advice?

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2017-10-14 18:15

>> Many Amati basses... <<

I don't know the specific one and he didn't mention any serious problems. If there are any that's different, but it's still only $800. A new Amati is over $5,000.

I've tried about ten Amati basses and almost all of them were older than five years (some significantly older). I can't say pull down isn't an issue but none of them had it. A support brace can be added for not a huge amount.

Statistically I haven't seen more cracks on Amatis than other companies, and that includes many more soprano clarinets (among them several G clarinets).

I'm not trying to over defend them... I think they are no where near as good as Buffet or Selmer and I'd definitely prefer an older Selmer, even the models I don't like much...

So it really depends on the specific issues this one has I guess. For $800 I agree with Dave and IMO it is much better than a Vito, Bundy, etc.

>> How often do we need to play below Eb ? <<

Depends what you play. I use them all the time. Just one example, I have eight pieces to play in a couple of coming concerts, at least four have notes below Eb. The other four are not finished yet and probably some of them would have them too. It is actually rare that I have a cocnert without using some of those low notes.

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