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Re: Grenadilla and moving to Europe

Author: Kalashnikirby
Date: 2019-10-06 13:05

Ever since that review on the Kessler Low C by a certain YouTuber, the Kessler is sold out all the time. Thanks to social media, someone with renown just needs to lift a finger to boost the sales of a certain instrument.... :D

Now if you want that Kessler, you might as well buy the Gear4Music/ Rosedale BC, which I'm fairly sure is the exact same instrument like the one sold in Texas, except it's even available. A while back, I was almost about to buy it, but bent keys and a stuck F# kept me from that. But one could've solved these issues, maybe I shouldn't have opted for B-stock.

At any rate, especially if you chose the Ridenour, I'd urge you to buy a decent case. It took me WAY too long to finally make that step, but it was absolutely worth it (once you're in Europe, order this one: https://www.fmb-direkt.de/en/accessories/cases-bags/for-clarinets/1057/bam-case-trekking-for-bass-clarinet-low-c-black). Crazy good price given its features.

As others have said, there's little reason to outright buy a higher end wooden BC. Wind band repetoire quite often goes down to low C, but technically, only the highest grades really make you work on that BC, so an excellent keywork would truly matter. For only personal use, there's hardly any point. To be honest, when adjusted properly and you don't have to travel with it every week, you needn't worry about bending anything. Chinese made or not, they stand up well against older, american-made ebonite student instruments.

Best regards
Christian

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