Klarinet Archive - Posting 000541.txt from 1998/05

From: Matthew Hanson <mchanson@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] C Clarinets
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 15:19:38 -0400

Any of the big three make C clarinets with prices about 15% above
> >that of a standard B-flat clarinet. Less expensive and perfectly
> >satisfactory C's are also available but that was not the question
>
> Dan,
> Would you be referring to the Noblet C clarinet?
> It is a great value and a heck of a horn. These play better in tune for
> me than any Buffet C I've come across.
> Matthew Hanson
> Houston, TX

>That is exactly to what I was referring Matthew. Everyone speaks
>very highly of the instrument and I certainly would not spend
>15% more than the standard price to get one with a fancy name when
>such a good quality instrument is available so reasonably. But
>you say that it plays better than any Buffet C you have come across.
>Why do you limit its quality only to a comparison with Buffets?
>Who says that they made good (or bad) C clarinets. And I had a
>Buffet C that dated to 1895 (and in a Boehm system no less - it
>now being owned by David Niethamer of Richmond) so I'm not one
>to criticize or blame Buffet in this respect.

Dan,
With all due respect to Buffet, I was simply just shocked by how well
the Noblet played, at least in comparison to instruments priced
thousands more. Today there was a post about the Buffet RC being $4000.
That was, I guess my reaction and the main reason I mentioned Buffet,
other than the fact that I have found the Noblet to have a much more
even scale than the modern Buffets. Sorry that I did not specify modern.
:)
Matthew Hanson
Houston, TX

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