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Re: Tired of emptying bass neck

Author: Chris P
Date: 2024-02-26 14:08
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If you are going to have a water key fitted, have it done bari sax style with a large diameter vent of around 7mm so water will drain out freely as well as having the water key open as far as possible. They'd just used a stock brass part on that bari (probably a tuba or euphonium water key vent), but as brass players tend to blow water out, that's not possible on woodwinds as you can't create the required back pressure to blow the water out on them.

Attached are photos of a B&S bari sax where the water key vent was too small being 4mm, then I opened it up to 7mm for much better drainage. That can be done easily enough on a bass clarinet crook.

When I play bass, I take the tuning section off and shake that out which is possible with a tunable crook and less hassle than removing the entire crook or tipping up a low C bass which isn't always possible if you're all sat cheek-by-jowl and risk doing some damage.

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

Post Edited (2024-02-26 14:17)

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