Klarinet Archive - Posting 000123.txt from 1996/03

From: "Lorne G. Buick" <mcheramy@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: New and Questions
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 13:50:39 -0500

Hi Adrienne and welcome to the list!

>I have a question that some of you may be able to answer, ending a very long
>debate between a friend and me. It may sound childish, but I'd appreciate your
>help anyway. She has a Yamaha clarinet, with silver-plated keys - I don't know
>what model. I have a Buffet Evette E-11, and I'm not too sure what the
>keys are,
>but I think they're nickel. I say that my clarinet is better because it's a
>Buffet, but she says hers is better because of the silver keys. What do you
>think?

Well, I'm sorry to say this in answer to your very first question, but:
you're both wrong... :-) The name on the outside of your clarinet doesn't
make it better, and the silver on the outside of your friend's doesn't make
hers better.

If you _really_ want to know which is better, here's my suggestion -it may
seem like a lot of trouble, but sometimes we have to make Sacrifices in the
Quest for Truth! ;^}

Set up a screened audition. See if you can get your band teacher and some
senior band players (not necessarily all clarinet players) to be your
committee. You and your friend practise in advance on _each other's_
clarinets as well as your own. Then in the actual audition, keep the
clarinets behind the screen so the committee can't see them, and don't tell
them which is which (just call them clarinet X and clarinet Y,or whatever)
(it doesn't matter if they see who's playing), and you and your friend each
play the same selections on both clarinets (use your own mouthpieces of
course).

And after all this trouble, they may say you sound best on your clarinet,
and your friend sounds best on hers (or vice versa!). You might also find
out that your mouthpiece works best with your clarinet and vice versa...

Have fun...

lgb

   
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