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Re: I have a mysterious bass clarinet

Author: crazyclari
Date: 2023-11-08 04:14

IMO the current model is a better horn. Whether its the best horn on the market.... Whether you have a horn that is good... better than the small number you are likely able to try...

At one point I was working as a repairer in a large shop that sold a lot of horns. At one time they had 12 prestige basses in stock. I tried 6 out of the 12.

The one I bought was the only one of would have bought as I did not like the tuning on the rest. One was bought by a local professional that I had rejected, she later sold it because she felt it was out of tune...

From my experience they vary enormously and require considerable setting up to get them to play to their peak and the tuning can vary considerably....

Likely the set-up will not come together in one go. Mine had great tuning and awful keywork that was everywhere. The D key that operates the second register key was totally wrong and took far more effort than you would think to fix due to the linkages and other keys etc. The lower pads were a nightmare of circular repetition to get functioning properly for the low C.

Key work is rock solid, which made sorting out the key work harder, but good results in the long run.

Getting any bass well set up IMO is really important... and does not necessarily occur as frequently as you would think...

As we all know the mouthpiece is the major price point to get improvement...

Currently use one of the copper necks and it has a great feel.

I have one of older Buffet cases, about an inch longer than the current model if that works for you.

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Reese Oller

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