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Re: Rosewood bass clarinet?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-04-10 03:12

Leblanc and Amati basses aren't fully linked as Buffets, Selmers and Yamahas (among others) so require the player to keep low Eb held down in order to get low D, Db and C which can be a nuisance.

German basses traditionally have all four lowest notes for the right thumb with no linkage to the rest of the keywork so low E has to be held down to get them.

So it is a luxury to have fully linked keywork on low C basses so low Ds or low Cs can be played by pressing just the one key to get to them from low G. The main reason I bought my Buffet bass back in 2000 (having borrowed one for a show the previous year) was because of the lightness and layout of the keywork and especially the perfectly balanced front low D key which I found very handy.

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

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