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 Re: Review: Ridenour low-C bass clarinet
Author: Julian ibiza 
Date:   2023-01-15 14:46

I said that I would offer my views on this bass after " military service testing " so here they are ! My wife has now been playing the horn for four months . About 8-10 hours a week with 2 to 3 full assemblies and disassembles of the instrument . Having initially set right all the little issues I could find , the only ongoing issue has been a few of the Pivit screws that tend to work lose because of their misalignment within the hole in the rod .
My analysis of the build of this horn, is that its Chinese builders are quite capable craftsmen, but are probably short of as little as 100$ extra, to fairly dedicate acordingly to every detail of its construction . Something which leads to a greater expense afterwards in getting it put right ( 400 -700 $ I would guess ).
Perhaps this is the result of a determination to keep this horn's marketing price below 3,000 $ ( If so .....a false economy for the customer I would say . )

I suspect that Royal Global are taking another approach, one of pushing down in price from the top rather than up in quality from the bottom and that their new ' MAX' may well offer better basic quality of built and less post- purchase Tech bills making it effectively the cheaper , better value horn among the lower price range options.... even at a 1,000$ more than the Ridenour 925c .
I haven't yet set see the Global MAX however, so that is all conjecture .

Julian Griffiths
Tel. 34 696 798 853
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