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Re: Manning low C bass clarinet

Author: BflatNH
Date: 2015-08-11 19:24

On some of the criticisms of the Ridenour 925C, I have made the following modifications.
1. on the LH pinky finger low D, I noticed the rod bending due to the force from the slotted lever engaging the roller, and added a plastic cover to the "U" shaped support fork to retain the rod (form a bearing), giving the key more effective leverage by not bending. As for the force required, I lightened the springs on the low keys and released redundant (another spring was already returning the key) springs.
2. on the RH thumb keys, I shimmed the thumb keys/levers (with cork, where I could do so) so as not to open more than necessary (not to change the pitch of the note when open) reducing the height of the RH thumb key when not pressed, making playing adjacent thumb keys rapidly much easier.

I haven't seen the Manning bass to see if it potentially has these problems.

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