Klarinet Archive - Posting 001286.txt from 1998/01

From: Jennifer Rose McKenna <jrm0013@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Noblet 45
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 14:27:26 -0500

Dear Feodor,
My advice to you would be to stay away from Noblet clarinets. I
had the duty of playing on a Noblet bass clarinet to find it was horrific.
And it was fairly new also. I taught a student that started on a Noblet
clarinet and we found that the instrument had many alignment problems and
what not a good instrument at all. I'm pretty confident you will find
something you like in the Buffet line, you may also want to try the
LeBlanc line, and the Selmer line. good luck to you!

jennifer mckenna
jrm0013@-----.edu
university of north texas
clarinet concentration/music ed major

On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, F. Tereshchenko wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I am going to by a new intermediate level clarinet. What's your opinion
> about Noblet 45? What other brands I should try? What's Buffet Omega?
> Selmer CL series, Buffet E-series? I'd like to know as much as possible
> about them before I drive somewhere to try them.
>
> About myself: I am originally from Russia. I was an advanced player many
> years ago and I was going to enter conservatory, but finally has chosen a
> career in Molecular Biology (unfortunately we don't have Majors and Minors
> or Second Majors in Russia). So I did not play seriously for almost 10
> years. Now I decided to start again but my x+16 year-old (where
> x>0) GDR-made student level Uebell can be used for firewood only. BTW, do
> you know if grenadilla burns well? The clarinet I am going to buy is
> probably the last clarinet in my life, so I have to choose carefully.
> Please help me...
>
> Yours, Feodor
>