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Re: Selmer CTs vs Series 9 Basses

Author: Chris P
Date: 2021-02-07 00:31

'Crook' is the entire neck or S-bend assembly - both the socket end and the tenon end with the crook key have the reinforcement ribs soldered to them on older Selmer basses. They must've ditched that sometime in the '70s.

Generally in the UK, the bent metal tube that connects the reed or mouthpiece to any woodwind instrument and bring it into a comfortable playing position, both single and double reed instruments, is called the 'crook'. From what I gather, the US convention is to call the crook a 'neck' on single reed instruments (larger clarinets and the majority of saxes) and 'bocal' if it's a double reed instrument (larger oboes and all bassoons).

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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