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Re: Bass Clarinet customization

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-02-25 08:26

Has your bass got the original bell or is it a replacement? If it is a replacement and from another make or model bass, then the E/B tonehole (the one on the bell below the socket) could be the wrong diameter and in the wrong place.

Fitting an automatic low E correction vent is indeed possible - it will be like that fitted to Selmer Recitals and Backun MoBas (only it will be closed by both the low Eb key and when the speaker key is held down) but with a small vent hole located immediately above the lower joint tenon shoulder like the low E vent tonehole/pad cup seen on a Yamaha CSGIII, but it will be costly. Far more costly if the vent key is fitted on the bell itself if that is even possible or practical.

A RH thumb key would be a better, simpler and a less costly option.

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

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