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Re: Identify a clarinet with no logo

Author: jasperbay
Date: 2010-12-02 16:09

I've found, like Dave S., that more often than not, a well-built student clarinet with 'inexplicably' no logo, is a Bundy. That pretty gold-lettering on a clear decal/sticker falls off after a few years, leaving you with a 'no-name' clarinet.

I could be wrong, but don't even recent Bundy's have that quaint 3-post arrangement for the throat A/G# keys? Also, the left pinky keys are fairly distinctive, the paired E/B and F#/C# keys look more like a pair of 'feet', than the more common pair of 'flat-sided teardrops'.

Also, sometimes you can see a very faint "Bundy" above the A key. Possibly the sunlight shining through the decal differentially fades the plastic. Finally [DUH] these Bundys pretty often come in a Bundy case!! They do play pretty well (the gal who had one back in highschool band whipped my butt every time I challenged her with my 'Belmont' for 5th chair). The sound is in tune, and a little 'bright', as you say. Someone less charitable might refer to the tone as more 'plastic', but that would be mean. [grin]

As for my high school band carreer,in fairness, I could only afford one reed per year in high school, and replacing the two worm-eaten pads was totally beyond my budget!. The director finally gave up and made me play the school's Bundy Bass, another equally sad tale.

Clark G. Sherwood

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