Klarinet Archive - Posting 001021.txt from 1997/02

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: SELMER consistency pro Clarinets
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 09:54:58 -0500

Angel,

You would be much better off ordering 3 clarinets and choosing the best
one. Send the other 2 back. No 2 clarinets play identically - including
the Leblanc Concerto, and Opus no matter what the makers hype states.

At 01:05 AM 2/28/97 -0600, Angel Morales R. wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>My name is Angel Morales. First of all, much thanks to those of you who gave
>advice and addresses of good clarinet stores in the US. I am an amateur
>clarinetist that's been studying alone for the last 37 years. I am from
>Central America and would like some advice about a new clarinet that I think
>I would like to buy in the U.S.
>I usually play as a soloist in small chamber groups that include a piano.
>
>
>*My clarinet*:
>Selmer 10S
>BOEHM system
>20 keys. 7 rings (with articulated C#, fork Eb- Bb, Ab-Eb lever and Low Eb)
>Selmer C85 mouthpiece, 120 facing.
>Rovner Ligature
>
>The "other clarinet, the one I want to have your comments about":
>Selmer Recital Series
>17 keys, 6 rings.
>
>
>My questions:
>1- Is there a noticeable difference in sonority between these two clarinets?
>2- Is the Selmer Recital Series Clarinet available with 7 rings, articulated
>C#, fork Eb- Bb and Ab-Eb lever like my 10S?
>3- Are Selmer Recital Series Clarinets very consistant with quality, or are
>there noticeable variations from clarinet to clarinet (timbre, sonority and
>tuning)? (Could I just mail order it knowing that they will all sound the
same?)
>
>Thanks very much in advance,
>
>Mr. Angel Morales
>amorales@-----.com
>
>
David C. Blumberg
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
reedman@-----.com

   
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