Klarinet Archive - Posting 000905.txt from 1998/09

From: Lisa Clayton <lisakc@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] The Best Dixieland Clarinets?
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 12:44:56 -0400

At 05:51 AM 09.24.98, ROBERT ABRAHAM wrote:
>Beth,
>
>I have a 1987 Prestige, and love it. It has a much more forward sound
>than the R13s I've tried (which have been many) without being too bright,
>but...if you want something to cut through, try the Elite...guaranteed
>to make your brass players quiver...I shudder to think of it in a chamber
>ensemble because of the toy-like feeling of no resistance, but it has a
>controllable sound that brightly cuts through...'nuff said.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and ask-- how does the Elite sound with
jazz clarinet? How about Dixieland/trad clarinet in particular? I've been
toying with the idea of getting a really piercing, bright (ie, lots of high
overtones) clarinet for my Dixieland gigs. Right now I have a student
Buffet B-12 (the clear one with the copper keys-- thank you Francois &
Buffett for creating something so gorgeous) which was fine for an amateur
like me. But I'm getting to the point in my development where I want a
more "pro" horn, something that can cut over the trumpet-trombone-tenor sax
combo. I've tried the Buffet R-13 and Festival models. They are both
lovely horns, but not the sound I'm looking for. I'd like to try the
LeBlanc models, particularly the Pete Fountain model, but haven't had a
chance. Anybody out there have experience in this particular clarinet niche?

As for Jupiter saxes, I once tried a Jupiter soprano. Now, I'm no great
shakes at sax, and the soprano sax is especially onery, but adding me and
the Jupiter together was downright scary. On the soprano LA Sax I tried I
can get within a dime or two of being in tune; on the Jupiter it was at
least a buck-twenty-five.

Lisa Clayton
(Currently idolizing Eric Dolphy, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Sturr & Beth Custer)

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