Klarinet Archive - Posting 000480.txt from 1999/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl]
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 02:11:06 -0500

At 08:56 AM 2/12/99 -0800, mjh wrote:
>I am wanting to purchase a wide bore clarinet and have no idea which one is
>"best" regarding intonation and construction - the two I have heard about
>are by Howarth and Eaton - I also understand LeBlanc makes a wide bore.
>Years ago when I was living in England I tried the 1010's, which I really
>liked, but unfortunately didn't buy. My R13, after 25 years, seems to have
>lost it's "zing" and plays very flat.
>Any comments or suggestions would be much appreciated.
>( I've been playing for about 30 years - now mostly chamber music and jazz.)
>
The Leblanc Pete Fountain models 1606 and 1610 have .590 cylindrical bores.
Noblets and Normandys, at .584, are also relatively large-bored.

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