Its a Linton dating from the 1970s (produced for them by Orsi). There was only 40 of them ever made. Most are in museums - as far as I know i'm the only person still playing one.
@dmarlton Where do you get the reeds to play it? Also.. are they worth buying? I heard they dont play that well but this video somewhat says otherwise.
Its true they don't play well - the problem is the mouthpiece. Because the diameter of the bore is much larger than other contrabasses the mouthpiece is just HUGE. It also has a tiny facing making it really hard not to overblow and squeek.
I had a collar made for mine so that I could fit an ordinary contrabass mouthpiece into it. With really good results. The guy who did it was called Ed Pillinger from North London.
Your other question - is it worth buying? Well that depends... It requires some commitment. I picked mine up for 1300 pounds and then spent about 800 pounds getting the new mouthpiece and having it serviced. I think it was good value and worth getting at that price. Now it plays well. It plays like a cross between a bohem and albert system clarinet, with 2 register keys. The D and D# over the break are almost unplayable - but its the lower register you buy this puppy for...
It looks like a paperclip contrabass. haha.
madderdaddy2 1 year ago
it looks like a Baritone saxophone but it has a contra bass Clarinet sound thats pretty cool and nice choice of song! lol
SuperBandgeek1994 2 years ago
Haha it looks like a bari sax
EwiekeuKlavier 2 years ago
Its a Linton dating from the 1970s (produced for them by Orsi). There was only 40 of them ever made. Most are in museums - as far as I know i'm the only person still playing one.
dmarlton 2 years ago
@dmarlton Where do you get the reeds to play it? Also.. are they worth buying? I heard they dont play that well but this video somewhat says otherwise.
Strang3rDanger 1 year ago
@Strang3rDanger
Its true they don't play well - the problem is the mouthpiece. Because the diameter of the bore is much larger than other contrabasses the mouthpiece is just HUGE. It also has a tiny facing making it really hard not to overblow and squeek.
I had a collar made for mine so that I could fit an ordinary contrabass mouthpiece into it. With really good results. The guy who did it was called Ed Pillinger from North London.
dmarlton 1 year ago
Your other question - is it worth buying? Well that depends... It requires some commitment. I picked mine up for 1300 pounds and then spent about 800 pounds getting the new mouthpiece and having it serviced. I think it was good value and worth getting at that price. Now it plays well. It plays like a cross between a bohem and albert system clarinet, with 2 register keys. The D and D# over the break are almost unplayable - but its the lower register you buy this puppy for...
dmarlton 1 year ago
What brand of contrabass clarinet is that?
suicunewolf 2 years ago