Contrabass Clarinet
A contrabassoon stand with a couple of home-made extra fitments serves well as a combined stand for a contrabass clarinet (paperclip type)
and bass clarinet (low C model). It is necessary also to have a practical quick-acting release screw for the contrabass peg, to enable rapid
pick-up of that instrument in performance without it standing too high while resting.
The basic stand is the König & Meyer stand no. 15045 . Prices vary a lot - look around!
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This is a 1970 Leblanc contrabass clarinet, model 340. It goes down to written low D (actual note low C just above the bottom of the piano keyboard range). Later models extend two semitones lower. |