Hey Nitai, after we talked via email a few months ago about this subject, I talked to Erik about it and his experiments. He's really bad about responding to...
Hi Jason  Maybe I will email him again and hope first, and if that doesn't work you can ask for me. I think I lost his email address, do you have it?  ...
I've seen the jr. high and high school bari sax players using a shoulder/chest strap. Anyone have any experience with something like that? I know the bari is...
Leblanc 617 was their top-of-the-line at the time, with double automatic register mechanism. I had a 614, which was essentially the same horn in a low Eb,...
Where can you find the model number on the Leblanc? My daughter has one that is about 30 years old, bought used about 3 years ago for $3500 Thanks ... From:...
Like so many other manufacturers, Leblanc did not put model numbers on its bass clarinets. Model # can sometimes be deduced from presence of certain keys --...
Does anyone have any experience with this horn? Is it a Chinese Yamaha clone? Is it worth the $2100? I play in a local community band, so the criteria isn't...
In a message dated 10/13/2008 4:52:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, donharrington1@... writes: I play in a local community band, so the criteria isn't...
I agree - had Walter do a low C conversion for me and rarely get to use it - in fact by the time I figure out the note and fingering it is gone. JHW ... ...
Sorry guys, but I have to disagree. I play bass clarinet in the Austin Symphonic Band, and I needed a low C instrument for five of the nine selections on our...
Dave; Why do I 'need' one? Since when is it about need? :-) Actually, we've played a couple of pieces during the past year that called for notes below low...
John; One thought: practice, paractice, practice! ;-) -- Later, Don Harrington ... From: john webster <jwebster34@...> I agree - had Walter do a low C...
From experience in my top high school band and now my college band, a low C instrument I think is nessesary. As far as the Kessler goes, I never tried it. If...
According to the web site, the Kessler is actually hard rubber, making it heavier that a Resonite horn and, in theory, having richer tone. -- Later, Don...
Hi Does anyone approx. (or accurately) when Buffet made the model with the following attributes: - Plays to low C - Water key on the neck - Tunable neck,...
... I once tested out a buffet that was exactly like your description, and when I looked up the serial number I found it was made in 1992. It also had a...
Sounds indetical so 1992 it is. This one also has a Prestige metal plate, or more accurately, a dimple where a metal plate used to be :-)  Thanks,  Nitai...
That sounds like my horn. When I bought it, I was told it was made in 1996, but 1992 was what I found in the serial # database. Mine's an RC Prestige. ...
... Yeah, I noticed that too. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence; I'd guess this is just a seller who doesn't know what they're talking...
The seller states he has made a correction. -- Later, Don Harrington Keeping the sellers of Bass Clarinets free from idiots. ... From: "Rich Holmes"...
Hello, I was peaking around my clarinet and noticed a small hairline crack? on the inside of the bore but not all the way through. Is this normal and is there...
... crack? on ... and ... Maybe someone can repair it by adding a metal band around the tube. It is the beginning of a splt. If you hold an light tube in the...
It may not be anything to worry about. I thought there was a small crack developing on the inside of the bell on my new R13 in 1996. When I showed it to a...
Hair line cracks in the bore may be nothing more than a grain line in the wood, it could also be the start of a crack in that grain line. Have it checked by a...
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