Author: Bluesparkle
Date: 2009-09-25 01:25
Just to say, I'm not trashing Bundy instruments...it's just that this rental may be a Bundy as its case indicates, and a Bundy out of adjustment at that. I think my bottom-line problem is that it is a rental that has probably been in the hands of kids who are just learning to care for their instrument. Because it's a rental, it is less likely to be cared for with the same level of concern that one would have for their own horn.
There are some screws that have obviously been replaced, as the heads are too large to sit flush with the keywork, so there are several dangerously sharp and scratchy places. I have some white pads, some of the brownish-orange ones, and a corked one or two. As I mentioned before, the register key has a small piece of cardboard from a cereal box attached with scotch tape, and I'm about to try the tape on the neck experiment. This is just some sort of Frankenstein bass clarinet. Placed in the hands of a kid with no experience or knowledge that the horn isn't performing as it should, I can certainly see why frustration level causes many kids to lose interest in their instruments. They think they aren't good musicians, when in fact it is the equipment's fault.
The Evette Shaeffer that is being shipped to me, I believe, is hard rubber and is one piece, so that's fine with me. I'm just anxious to give it a whirl and compare it to this rental, which seems problematic at best.
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