Klarinet Archive - Posting 000582.txt from 1997/11

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: Simon's visit from Vandoren
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 04:13:38 -0500

Perhaps a poll is needed, but R13s and RCs are both widely used in the UK.
Another brand I know to be favoured by a fair number of pros (though
probably not amateurs) is our home-grown Peter Eaton.
Roger Shilcock

On Fri, 14 Nov 1997 peter.stoll@-----.ca wrote:

> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 16:04:43 -0500
> From: peter.stoll@-----.ca
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: "'klarinet@-----.us>
> Subject: RE: Simon's visit from Vandoren
>
> 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
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

   
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