Klarinet Archive - Posting 000163.txt from 1997/01

From: Fernando Silveira <fersilv@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Festive Clarinets/perception
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:41:24 -0500

Dear David, I agree with you on your letter. But more then
"perception" makes diference betwen R13, Prestige and Festival.
R13's have a smaler bore then Festival( American), that is made, in
bore, like RC's(French).
On my "perception"(I use RC's Prestige now, but I used R13 for 10
years), on Festival is easier play lightly and focused, and you can play
with a dark sound easy. On American bore you can play easy if you had a very
good barrel, mouthpiece and reed that "fits" on your R13. I belive, because
I tryed out on Festival, that Festival is more like RC's Prestige.
Now, with my RC Prestige, I can play without "think" a lot to play.
But, like you said, it is a personal preference...

Cheers

Fernando Silveira
Principal Clarinet - National Symphony - Brazil

PS. Sorry about my engish...
At 08:14 13/01/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Again, any perception of which Clarinet is better or worse is only that;
>perception. It is a very individual experience, that differs among players.
>You are much better off trying them yourself and going with your own
>experience.
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>At 09:28 PM 1/12/97 PST, 2523 wrote:
>>Has anyone had any experience in the Buffet Festival Clarinets?
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>>The music store I go to got some in and I am thinking of trying them
>>out. If you tried them before, how are they? Are they better then
>>the R13 or the Prestige?
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