hi, does anyone out there know if a Penzel-Mueller Artist model bass clarinet, in good condition, being sold at a price of $600 is fair? I don't really know...
I haven't seen their bass clarinets but I have some experience with Penzel Mueller Artist Model soprano clarinets. The build is reasonable, not great and not...
I have a question for all you bcl experts - on my bass (selmer 37) I'm getting a lot, well not a lot, but a noticeable amount, of "airyness" or airy feedback...
As a start, get a qualified repair tech to fix the "small space." Chances are the Teflon tape isn't sealing the opening well enough and gerry-rigging a DYI...
Try to have someone listen to where the airy sound comes from, especially to notice if it always comes out from the same place or changes depending on what...
Couldn't it be possible that if it's a double register key that one of the pads is getting blown open, but not the other one? Or that the key isn't adjusted...
I am taking a bass clarinet course on the beautiful Scottish Island of Raasay from 30th march - 3rd April 2009. For all bass clarinet players of all standards....
A day or so ago, I saw advertised a 'Rare, low D Selmer' bass clarinet. Granted, by the pictures, it did appear to have the Eb on the body and there was...
... clarinet. Granted, by the pictures, it did appear to have the Eb on the body and there was another 'flapper' on the bell, but darned if I could find the...
Selmer (Paris) definitely made rosewood Eb contras keyed to low D for at least a short time, but I am not familar with any of their Bb basses being low D...
Matthew said ... Sadly however the low C Buffet bass bell vent doesn't give a very good B (A). The performance of playing it with the big toe can produce...
I'm not sure if I'm just overtired, but that was incredibly funny. That would be kinda cool if he had...but they woulda been the old system before Sax...
Does anyone have any clue where I can find a copy of the scores for the Kabelac Wind Sextet? Other than mentions of it in Kabelac rep lists and the one...
Please excuse the commercial message. Quite a few people over the summer have contacted me about the availability of both Prestige and Festival clarinets....
I had very strange experience last week. My summer projects were Bb saxes (tenor and soprano) and flute, all my listening and practicing on those instruments....
how do you make a chainsaw sound like a baritone sax? add vibrato sent from my glitchy iPhone On Sep 6, 2008, at 12:21 PM, john webster <jwebster34@...>...
Traditional jokes aside, I am talking about my experiences of expectations and sensations. Any instument can be ugly inappropriate, any can be WONDERFUL, or at...
Re returning to the bass clarinet after a break. I have had a similar experience this summer. Having had three years of concentrating on BCL to the exclusion...
I haven't seen concertina live. What folk music? I did see/hear a performance several years ago of piazzolo concerto for bandoneon and guitar, It was...
Are you kidding me? "Misery Stick?" I've always loved doubling on clarinet, while playing the sax in jazz bands. Never had a problem. I always look forward to...
Hi Group, I've just been asked to play BBb Contrabass for one piece in an excellent concert band that I play with. The conductor loaned me what looks like a...
Hello, I was lucky enough to have the experience of playing a contra last year in a wind band. They do have their own reed and unfortunately, they cost around...
Unless the contra is very old and has the "large" old mouthpiece, Rico has an all purpose bass sax, contra-alto, contra bass reed that is pretty good. I would...
I finally overcame procrastination, got everthing done that I wouldn't otherwise do, and decided I absolutely HAD to work on reeds today. My old one served me...
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