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Re: D'amore bell

Author: donald
Date: 2021-10-10 02:35

Of course the socket can be adjust in many cases. I'd think the real issue is whether it works acoustically as the maker intended - with a French bore clarinet rather than a German bore (which remains relatively parallel in the lower end of the the lower joint, this explaining the extra venting necessary for the G/D 12th).
It might work just fine, only one way to find out.
A friend of mine (who is a trained bassoon maker but now just does repairs/alterations etc) made a couple of the bells on his 3D printer, and I was the play tester for his first couple... they really did make an interesting difference but while he was experimenting with designs we found it was easy to improve SOME notes (one design produced an amazing sounding f/c 12th for instance) but it wasn't helpful if this resulted in some notes being changed more than adjacent notes notes.
He's made a few more in the last 9 months that I haven't been able to try out, and is currently in the middle of moving house/workshop so I doubt I will have the chance any time soon, but from the early ones I tried there were some really encouraging results I'm sure that there is great potential in this (as JD bass player and Gerold have undoubtedly discovered).
dn

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