Klarinet Archive - Posting 000713.txt from 1997/11
From: Dirk Kussin <dirk@-----.de> Subj: Re: top line model for beginner Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 08:17:41 -0500
Thank you and also the other repliers for the encouraging advices.
[...]
Nancy> I'd say, if you have the desire and the money, go ahead and get
Nancy> the clarinet of your dreams. I personally don't believe that
Nancy> they "blow out" or wear out, so I think you'll be making a once
Nancy> in a lifetime investment. I have an R-13 B flat and an R-13 A,
[...]
Of course "lifetime" (more or less) would be a necessary premise for
me. The only thing where I am careful is that the instrument cracks
(often read on this list) or gets other defects because of the
following.
As "hobby player" I have not the time to take the instrument with me
each time. Also I will have longer breaks in playing (up to 4, 6
weeks) where I can not play. This means: the clarinet has to be in my
flat, where it is pretty cold in winter (up to under +5 degrees
Celsius) and pretty hot in summer (30 degrees Celsius and higher).
I have no expierence if a wooden clarinet is robust enough to overcome
these conditions. And what about saliva and those things which a
beginner like me cannot control as good as a professional?
My questions may sound trivial or ridiculous for a person who owns a
wooden clarinet (for a long time). But I just have no expierence in
these things. Perhaps I am over-sensitive because of the many cracking
reports on this list. A wrong impression?
Perhaps the safest way for me would be to buy a greenline clarinet,
but, I cannot explain why, I do not find them as aesthetic as a (pure)
wooden clarinet.
Thanks again
Dirk
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