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Re: My "New" Bass Clarinet

Author: Chris P
Date: 2020-06-19 22:38
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I've recommended the owner gets a Bam case for this Selmer Model 33 bass now I've overhauled it. The original box case is sturdy, but as is always the case (har-har) with Selmer cases, they overlook how the instrument is meant to fit in them.

Excuse the dodgy photos that look like Live Aid with all the stripes as I dropped my camera when trying to hold it and keeping the battery compartment lid closed.

The pads I used on this bass are white synthetic pads for the speaker vents, cork pads for the open G vent, thumb plate and LH1 perforated plate, white leather clarinet pads (3mm thick) for sizes up to 18.5mm and white leather sax pads (4mm thick) for all the larger sizes from 22mm upwards. All pads from 18.5mm and larger have a rivet in the centre.

Here are the sizes and quantities I used:

1 x 9.0mm (synthetic)
1 x 10.5mm (synthetic)
4 x 14.0mm
8 x 16.0mm (two being cork for LH1 fingerplate and the open G vent)
5 x 18.5mm (one being cork for the left thumbplate)
1 x 22.0mm
1 x 26.0mm
9 x 27.5mm

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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