Author: Dave Spiegelthal
Date: 1999-07-28 14:14
Stuart,
I've had two Charles Bay re-angled necks on past bass clarinets I've owned. On the Noblet (cork tenon one-piece type neck) b.c. I played in college, I had Bay's original-type neck, where he took your existing neck, cut off the socket, and re-soldered it at a better angle. I've just recently done this modification myself at home to my Vito neck (works great, looks pretty good, though it would look great also if I bothered to get the neck re-plated). I also had a Leblanc bass clarinet about 10 years ago for which I ordered a Bay two-piece neck (his current design), although back then he sold it to me for, I think, about $150 (without mouthpiece in my case, since I already had a Bay mouthpiece and told him so). Now, he insists on selling you a mouthpiece with his new neck, and the combination runs about $500 (ouch!). For you or anyone else who's interested, I'll be happy to send a short instruction sheet I made up last year on how to do the neck modification yourself (or have a technician or craftsman do it).
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