Klarinet Archive - Posting 000070.txt from 1998/02

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Noblet 45
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:29:16 -0500

Jennifer:
What do you mean by "alignment problems?"
I have a Noblet bass which had been badly repaired when I got it. Some
unorthodox work with
cork, emery paper and sticky tape has meant that I've had no trouble with
the keywork since then, though it looks a bit scruffy. The sound is OK,
too, though the throat notes tend to be very sharp.
Roger Shilcock

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

> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:14:38 -0600 (CST)
> From: Jennifer Rose McKenna <jrm0013@-----.edu>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: Noblet 45
>
> 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
> >
>
>