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 Re: Which Bass Clarinet?
Author: jdbassplayer 
Date:   2023-06-11 19:38

That was me with the $500 bass clarinet. As far as I could tell it was identical to the last generation of Ridenour. But yeah almost every single pivot key was binding due to the keys not being fit properly and almost every tone hole needed to be refinished. After I was done it played well, but obviously a lot of work had to be put into it, so it is not cost effective for the average person to buy a generic low C bass.

Royal is the only brand of Chinese bass clarinet that is not just a stencil with their name slapped on it, the design is mostly a copy of the 1193 which is something I’ve never seen on a Chinese bass (they are usually a mishmash of Yamaha and Selmer design elements). It does have some features that the 1193 does not like inline trill keys, so some thought was put into the design.

The Expressivo, 2nd generation Ridenour and 1st Generation Kessler all appear to be the same design, though obviously newer instruments will likely have stronger materials. This design is loosely based on the Selmer 67, though with the tone hole positions of the Yamaha

The 2nd generation Kessler, 1st generation Ridenour and the Allora both appear to be based on the same design, a close copy of the Yamaha 622 with a different arrangement for the thumb keys.

Most of these instruments are likely made by Sunwin Fabian, a Chinese manufacturer that makes instruments to a much higher quality than the Generic ones you see on eBay or Aliexpress, I would avoid those unless you are prepared to fully overhaul the instrument.

There is also the Brasspire Unicorn and Music Medic “Wilmington” which have interesting features like a 6th right hand pinky key and a vent hole in the bell, but otherwise appear to be similar to the Yamaha copies mentioned above.

-Jdbassplayer
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