Author: Max S-D
Date: 2019-12-17 04:13
Re: the comments about this being the same Chinese instrument as you can buy "anywhere", where are you seeing these? Occasionally I see people make oblique references to these mysterious manufacturers that will sell you a bass clarinet direct, but nobody has shown me where they hang out.
While I was at Kessler, Adam freely admitted that the original (first generation) Kessler bass was the exact same instrument as the Ridenour. This generation apparently had a number of improvements to the keywork to make it a bit sturdier and more playable. The way he described it, they pretty openly imitated the Yamaha keywork. I never played the first generation, but I think the people saying this is "the same instrument as X" might be working with outdated information, unless Adam was lying to me (which seems unlikely) or the factory was lying to them (possible). It sounded like the factory was really taking their feedback in each iteration of the instrument.
Regardless, it's exciting to have ANY options available in this price range.
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