From: "Sung Hwang Wang"
Subject: [CB] Selmer/Bundy Contra alto
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:28:30 -0800
Hello, I am not sure if this post is allowed, Grant, please
delete it if so.
Does anyone wish to part with their Selmer/Bundy contra
alto? I have been searching for one on and off eBay for a long
time, but haven't been successful due to timing, finance, etc.
Finally I think I am in position to buy one, does anyone on this list
have one that they would like to sell to a contra lover?
Please contact me privately.
Thank you.
Willy
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From: "Oscar Wehmanen"
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:53:38 GMT
Subject: [CB] flared bell such that it won't add sounding length
>flared bell such that it won't
add sounding length
I do not have any real experience here but:
If you have a cylidrical tube and you
want to get the sound out with minimum effects use an exponential
curve for the bell. Choose the parameters so thet the curves match well
at the join, no sharp changes in direction. Make it maybe 4 diameters
long. Flare from one diameter to 6 or 8 diameters. Good
Luck !!
Oscar
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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:07:15 -0600
From: "Gregg Bailey"
Subject: Re: [CB] flared bell such that it won't add sounding
length
What about the european clarinet maker who makes some of his
clarinets with a hole in the tube just before the bell? Isn't
this done so that the bell doesn't alter the color of the clarinet's
low E?? I would think that the tube itself would have to be
longer as a result, but to have a better low E, I would think it would
be worth it.
-Gregg
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