A) Where can I get one online from a reputable source?
B) Where can I get one online CHEAPLY from a reputable source?
C) How can I be sure that I'm not buying an alto accidently? I almost did that today.
D) Anything else you think I need to know?
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Any auction site that has been around for awhile and isn't flamed all over the place, make sure the details are specific, if you have a question ask it before bidding.
If you use a site from a music store get as much detail as possible, down to the average mass of the item, if you want, but ask all questions to make sure you get what you want.
Double check all refund and shipping policies also, since you may get something you didn't want and have to return it.
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Here are two quick ways to tell if you are getting an alto clarinet or a bass clarinet.
First, look at the picture. An alto clarinet is about the size of an alto saxophone, i.e. it's diameter is about 2 to 3 inches and about 2 to 3 feet in height. It also has an upturned bell like alto through bass saxophones have. A bass clarient looks the same as an alto clarinet; however, it is taller (roughly four feet tall) with a kickstand and 3 to 4 inch diameter.
Second, check to see what key the instrument is. Alto clarients are usually in E-flat and bass clarinets are usually in B-flat.
A third, and my favorite way, is to actually have it in front of you. If you have good arms and manage to throw the sucker 10 to 20 feet away, it's an alto clarinet. If you can lob it 5 to 10 feet away, it's a bass clarinet.
For my next post, we'll wrap up the clarinet family and move on to the saxophone family! Yay!
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All your bass clarinet are... Nope! Never mind! Not going to say it!
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The Woodwind and the Brasswind. This is where my flute and saxaphone came from, and I know a LOT of people who have gotten their instruments through here with great results. I can't say enough for them... order a catalog and go from there, babe! Happy shopping!
~LOA
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Brasswind? Why have I never heard that before, and why does it sound vaguely rude?
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Funny, this made me think of taking up clarinet again. It makes a nice sound, it does...
But-but *sob* I don't want to end up like Harry!!! Those gnome-people were so rude to him!!!! I swear, he was one step away from going back to his quarters, do some heroin and then stick a phaser rifle in his meouth.
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OK, nice site, but $900 is still a tad steep. Any good used sites out there?
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Well, I found one on a clarinet classifieds page. I'll record some for y'all and upload it, if you'd like. Once it arrives, of course, which it should some time next week.
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$900 is nothing.... I could only WISH my instruments were the inexpensive :-P Since I've taken up the guitar, I'm really beginning to wonder why I didn't just play that to BEGIN with.... it's MUCH more cost effective.... $10,000 for a flute is not..... but it'll be paid still. Pleh.
~LOA
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It's so much easier to pick up than the piano (both figuratively and literally speaking ), and you can play along to almost any song on the radio after listening to it for a minute. That = friggin' impossible on piano. And I've only been playin since Xmas.
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), and you can play along to almost any song on the radio after listening to it for a minute. That = friggin' impossible on piano. 
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