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Re: Bass Clarinet

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2019-09-22 17:28

I started playing bass as a Jr. in conservatory. Sold my flute and sax to buy an inexpensive bass clarinet, and Eb as well. Have trouble with the upper register though I took to the rest of it like a fish in water. Took lessons with Joe Allard on bass, was told the instrument sucked and I traded it in for a Selmer bass with Allard's help, did the same with the Eb clarinet but for a Buffet. That made an incredible difference in my playing though I continued studying with him for the rest of the year. When I got the BSO job in 63 I decided I should have a low C model since they were just being produced and I noticed a few players with them at an audition. . Before that most players had extensions built for the few orchestral parts it was needed. So in 64 or 65 I bought a Selmer 33 low C model, I believe the first low C model Selmer "mass" produced and used it for the remaining of my 50 year career in the BSO. The year I bought that the orchestra did several works that required going down to the low C, good timing on my part.

ESP eddiesclarinet.com

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