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Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-08-25 17:29
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I had the C#/G# pad cup linked to the RH main action on my Prestige bass back in 2000 and recently added it to a more recent one the other week. This version has the adjusting screw going through the long Bb link. See attachments.
While Selmer and some others have it fully linked, it's strange Buffet haven't offered that on their basses for several decades. Even Malerne offered it on most of their basses.
The only Buffet-style basses with it fitted are the Royal Global ones which is a long arm soldered directly to the C/G vent pad cup with an adjusting screw that connects it to the C#/G# pad cup, similar to the F#-G# link you'd see on oboes/cors and saxes.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2022-08-28 06:44
Chris P.,
That's really neat. I have had it on every Selmer bass I've owned and use it all the time.
However, my back-up Low C does not have that articulation, but the C#/G# pad cup arm is hinged independently. Your mod might be something Eric at Meridian Winds could craft for my Low C bass.
HRL
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-08-28 16:18
Any bass which has an articulated C#/G# but isn't linked up can have this sort of linkage added to make full use of it. Yamaha basses also have the same C#/G# set-up as Buffets as do the usual Chinese low C basses.
I'm toying with the idea of making a linkage arm for my Chinese bass and securing it with a grub screw and soft soldering it as I don't know if the entire key will fall apart if I was to silver solder it on.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2022-08-28 16:19)
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Author: ebonite
Date: 2022-08-28 16:44
Any idea why Buffet doesn't include the linkage as standard?
Maybe they think that it would limit the altissimo fingerings?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-08-29 05:18
It could be offered with a long adjusting screw that allows it to either be fully engaged or disengaged depending on the player's preference if there are certain altissimo notes it interferes with, just as having the articulated C#/G# key on soprano clarinets interferes with the long altissimo F and altissimo Bb fingerings which need the C#/G# tonehole to be open while the RH fingers are holding down the RH ring keys. Not a problem for me with full Boehms and other clarinets with articulated C#/G# as I normally use the short altissimo F fingering (Sp.Th. oxx C#/G#|ooo Ab/Eb) and for altissimo Bb, I play that as upper register C with the thumb off the thumb tube (but still on the speaker key).
Blashaus make a switchable link that fits on Selmer basses (from the '80s onwards) which have that link as standard so it can be fully disengaged:
https://www.blashaus.ch/exclusive/bassklarinetten-gis-niederhalter/
With the help of Google translate:
"The BLASHAUS bass clarinet C#/G# hold-down device.
Selmer bass clarinets are equipped with a rigid C#/G# link, Buffet bass clarinets do not have one and the C#/G# can be opened like on a Bb clarinet.
We have developed a switchable hold-down device - this function can be switched on or off with one movement.
The Selmer bass clarinets are equipped with a rigid C#/G# link, the Buffet bass clarinets do not have one and the C#/G# can be opened like a Bb clarinet. We have developed a switchable hold-down device. This function can be switched on or off with one touch.
Just awesome. The inspiration for every bass clarinet player.
Today a C#/G# hold-down device is ideal ... tomorrow it will be annoying .... depending on the style of music.
With certain scales a held down C#/G# is very convenient .... but certain polyphonies, glissandi etc. and with klezmer music this function is a hindrance."
They can also fit one to Buffet basses:
https://www.blashaus.ch/wp-content/uploads/bassklarinette-buffet-prestige-15-1.pdf
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2022-08-29 05:32)
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