Klarinet Archive - Posting 000574.txt from 1997/11

From: peter.stoll@-----.ca
Subj: RE: Simon's visit from Vandoren
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 16:04:43 -0500

My understanding is that the RC is THE standard instrument in non-German
system Europe; the R13 is infrequently seen there. The chart (which I
don't have in front of me right now) showed a smaller bore, which was
consistent with what a Japanese friend of mine always said about his RC's;
nice resistance and warm sound, but softer upper range of dynamics.

Peter Stoll
Instructor of Clarinet and Chamber Music
University of Toronto

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Roger Shilcock wrote:

> re RCs: My A clarinet is an RC, and I was just wondering why they are
> virtually *never* discussed and certainly never evaluated on this list.
> Are they simply not marketed at all in the States?
> Roger Shilcock
>
>
> On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Michael Norsworthy wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 08:45:44 -0500
> > From: Michael Norsworthy <mnorsworthy@-----.net>
> > Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> > To: "'klarinet@-----.us>
> > Subject: RE: Simon's visit from Vandoren
> >
> > My former teacher, Kjell-Inge Stevensson plays one of the DGs in the Stockholm
> > Symphony. According to him they play very much like the Buffet Festivals but
> > are much better in tune and have much greater projection. As he understood it
> > this clarinet was made for the European market and would not be marketed in the
> > US for about 2-3 years (granted I studied with him in 1995-96). So this may be
> > the time for them to "come over", as it were, to the American market.
> >
> > One question I have. Why are the Buffet Prestige RC clarinet so damned
> > difficult to find in the US? None of the major suppliers in the US have them
> > and when they finally get one in, it's already sold. Just as curious as I'm
> > looking to buy one of these in the near future.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Michael Norsworhy
> > mnorsworthY@-----.net
> >
>
>