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Author: Kalashnikirby
Date: 2019-10-14 18:13

Mojo wrote:

"The main thing I listen for is making the bass clarinet clarion range to sound more like the chalumeau of the soprano clarinet."

Try a german or reform boehm clarinet then. These things are insanely good in that register and would make a Manfred (and other repetoire from that time, I guess) sound so effortless. There's a technical explanation for that but better ask someone who makes them. (of course, that's what we all should try to achieve on the boehm bore, too!)

Paul, I certainly agree with you. Of course I tried shorter facings. Of course I adjusted my reed strength. But with only a #2 Legere Signature on the Concept, I'm reluctant to lower my reed strength even further. Time will tell...
Also, there where a couple of mpc options, but the one I bought was simply the best among them, without having spent any thought on facing length.

Yep, the philarmonia guy sounds great. People tend to dismiss the "basic" prestige bass as a too soprano-like horn, but that is nonsense, as it turns out. It is quite easy to blow and I was far away from his sound, so I fell for that criticism too, only to be proven very wrong now.

Post Edited (2019-10-14 18:14)

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