Wenzl McGowen

Developed in collaboration with McGowen. According to the official product page, "Wenzl Mcgowen [sic] plays with a 7 tip opening."

Mentioned in this March 8, 2018 Woodwind & Brasswind interview.

WWBW: Now talk about gear a little bit. Which MIDI controller do you use?

WM: I use an Akai EWI.

*WWBW: And where do the patches come from, the tones?

WM: It’s an analog synthesizer built in. I haven’t really programmed a lot. I’m using the presets.

WWBW: Mostly using it in a bass context?

WM: Yes.

Developed in collaboration with McGowen.

Wenzl Mcgowen [sic] plays with a 8 tip opening.

Developed in collaboration with McGowen. According to the official product page, "Wenzl Mcgowen [sic] plays with a 7* tip opening."

Described and visible in this October 18, 2019 Facebook post by Meridian Winds.

Me, I worked on Wenzel’s very vintage paperclip Leblanc Contra Bass clarinet this afternoon. It is serial # 225. I have worked on these Contra’s of all vintages and it’s very interesting to see the changes that were made in the mechanisms through the many years that they were made in France. The earliest one of these that I have worked on had 2 register keys like an oboe or pre-1900 saxophone.

Mentioned in this March 5, 2018 Woodwind & Brasswind interview at 1:38. It is specified by bandmate Michael Wilbur at 1:32.

A 1949 "Naked Lady" 10M is specified in this March 5, 2018 Woodwind & Brasswind interview at 1:42.

Developed in collaboration with Andrew Huang and bandmate Michael Wilbur. The creation process is documented in videos released January 28, 2020 and February 22, 2020.