Klarinet Archive - Posting 001298.txt from 1998/01

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Noblet 45
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 14:27:38 -0500

While I play on all Buffet (both Bb and A, Eb, D, and Bass), I own a
Leblanc Basset Horn. While everyone's experience is different, and it
sounds like Jennifer's below was from mine, I will just say that there are
many Noblet clarinets that feel pretty darn good. Whatever you buy, make
sure you try it and test all aspects of it. If you end up liking it a
lot, get it checked out by a woodwind repair specialist.......

I prefer the Buffet line too.

Roger Garrett
IWU

PS......*crazed look* grendadilla burns just fine!!

On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Jennifer Rose McKenna wrote:

> 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
> >
>
>