Klarinet Archive - Posting 000563.txt from 1998/08

From: concerto1@-----.com (Kathleen A Metts)
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: [[kl] re: Clarinet Model Comparison]
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:39:10 -0400

I have a Leblanc Concerto, and there is almost no difference in "feel"
than my teacher's Opus. There are slight differences, but the main
difference, I am told, is that the Opus is unstained and has the extra E-
flat on the left side, but with the same mouthpiece on them both, there
is little or no difference at all. I am only slightly familiar with the
R- 13, but after playing on a friends instrument, I found a different
feel and sound. I have never played an Infinity. I know others on the
list have found almost this very thing, but I thought I would communicate
my findings. :>)

Kate Metts
clarinet major, BJU

On Tue, 18 Aug 1998 17:17:58 ROBERT ABRAHAM <rkabear@-----.net> writes:
>The stats on the Infinity were for an R13 type reverse taper bore. It
>plays well, but I have seen sales on the Infinity on the internet as a
>discontinued model...The Concerto is like a cheaper model of the Opus
>with a different bore than Buffet (same as Opus which also has a
>different bore than R13). Concerto would be the step above the
>Infinity, but it is a different bore, like the RC and R13 bores on
>Buffet are different. If you like the R13 bore, the Infinity is one of
>the few (could be only) choices to the R13 for bore structure.
>
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>> R-13 vs Infinity?? I disagree. The R-13 is comparable to the
>Concerto
>> Model. I am told (by someone at Leblanc) that a Concerto with Silver
>Keys
>> feels/plays just like the Opus.
>>
>> David Blumberg
>>
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