Klarinet Archive - Posting 000677.txt from 1998/08

From: J & K Morgan <morgan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bass clarinets
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 01:22:32 -0400

I just happened to have purchased a Yamaha pro model and am extremely happy with
it. I think instrument choice is a matter of personal preference and what you are
used to. The reason I bought Yamaha is simple - tuning - my pro soprano Yamaha is
a well tuned instrument in all registers and my bass turned out to be the same.
Enough about which widget is better.

John Morgan

HatNYC62@-----.com wrote:

> In a message dated 8/23/98 8:15:22 PM, klarinet-digest-help@-----.org writes:
>
> <<Buffet is definitely the best bass clarinet made currently.>>
>
> There are a lot of professionals who disagree with this. Some strongly. The
> Selmers have a different quality that you may not prefer. The Selmer sound is
> different, and I happen to prefer that sound, as does my good friend Michael
> Lowenstern. Charlie Neidich also recently switched from a Buffet bass to a
> Selmer, after trying Michael's new instrument. Jim Ognibene, one of the finest
> players I have heard, plays a Selmer 33 at the Metropolitan Opera.
>
> The mechanism is perhaps not as carefully regulated as the newest Buffets, but
> mechanism has to be a secondary consideration to sound & pitch. Pitch on the
> Selmers is quite good on the best of them, though there are always compromises
> to be made, particularly the e/b, a problem on almost all bass clarinets,
> regardless of maker. I have to admit that I haven't had the opportunity to try
> the newest Buffet, but I have no reason to believe that its basic sound has
> changed from the last model.
>
> David Hattner, NYC
>
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