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Re: Kessler 2nd Gen Bass Clarinet: Anyone else's falling apart?

Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2023-01-26 20:32
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The neck breaking is definitely a common one on Chinese bass clarinets, instead of a replacement just have a tech solder it properly and it will be good to go.

For the floor peg nut, just buy a stainless steel M6 knurled bolt like this:

https://www.mcmaster.com/92558A200/

Also had good luck with these, get the M6 by 12mm one:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803886078245.html

The good news is that I haven't seen any other major issues with them, if you get these two issues sorted out you should be okay.

Obviously this is a quality control problem, but even Selmer and Yamaha have problems like this on their high end bass clarinets. Recently I've fixed both a Yamaha 622 and a Selmer Privilege where a joint failed because not enough solder was used. It is unfortunately just a problem with many mass produced bass clarinets.

-JDbassplayer

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