Klarinet Archive - Posting 000873.txt from 1999/09

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Vote for the Best Clarinet
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 19:14:15 -0400

Rick wrote:
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Rick,
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! Don't select a clarinet this way. Please have your
daughter go out & try a number of clarinets. While we all have personal
biases for and against certain models - they're _our_ biases. Let your
daughter, talented as she is, make her selection, perhaps with the guidance
of her teacher.

There are four major manufacturers of high-level (sometimes called
"professional", but common among amateurs, also) clarinets - Buffet,
Leblanc, Selmer, and Yamaha. All have proponents & detractors, but any one
of them can be a fine instrument when in the right hands. Any of these
manufacturers are worth considering. There are a few other manufacturers in
this price range (Patricola and Eaton spring to mind) but I'm not sure
they're the best choice in a general case, and finding a number of these to
try out is problematical in the USA if that's indeed where you're located.

And ... any one of them may be a lemon. Any and all your daughter may try
out may be worthy candidates, too. But ... she needs to spend some working
with a number of clarinets, especially since this is a one-time shot.

I know the feeling. I did the same for two of my sons so far (one studying
clarinet, one playing jazz on trumpet).

Cheers, and good luck to you and your daughter.

Mark Charette@-----.org
Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org

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