Klarinet Archive - Posting 000642.txt from 2000/02

From: Fernando Silveira <clarineta@-----.br>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Signature and series 10
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:10:59 -0500

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Dear Wayne, before to use that Signature set of clarinets I have been =
using "RC" Prestige clarinets for 10 years. That pair of Buffets were =
picked up (spell?) for me in France when I spent one entire day to =
choose it. I always were very carefull in choose a clarinet because you =
will buy your work instrument and it will be used for decades....
In that time I remember that ALL of those Buffet clarinets had some =
problems on midle register. I had tryied RC, the brand new "DG", RC =
Prestige, Festival and Elite. On that matter the Festival had the better =
intonation on midle register. That problem is inehrent to our instrument =
and, on that time, I choose the better "balaced" clarinet I found: a =
pair of RC prestige.
I am not an expert of clarinet keywork improvments and, for shure, we =
have better persons in Klarinet to answer the question about sistems to =
improve the midle Bb. I just know the system used by Mr Rossi on his =
clarinets, and I felt, when I tryed his instrument, that no made =
diference betwen that system and the regular one: boths were very good.
About it I would like to tell you a litle story.
April 1999' I were invited to play in Argentina in one of the major =
orchestras of that country.
When I arived in Buenos Aires I met Martin Tow. To you that don't know =
who is Martin Tow he is Luis Rossi's professor. Martin is a owner of a =
Music shop. I were invited to visit his shop.
As soon as I went there he had show me the products they had in his =
shop(Vandoren, Buffet, Bg, etc.... stuffs). He show me a brand new =
Selmer Signature set of clarinets and a set of 10G clarinets he had to =
sell and asked me to play on it(remember: that time I use RC prestige). =
I had tryed one and another and he asked me: So, what do you fell??? I =
said that both of them were very good instruments but the 10G instrument =
were more close to my RC prestige clarinet. He had agree with me.
5 months after that we met again in the Brazilian Clarinet Congress in =
Rio de Janeiro. In that time I were already contacted by Selmer Paris to =
promote Selmer Clarinets in South America and abroad. Martin and I met =
in afternoon and he asked me: Oh Fernando I know that you are now a =
Selmer Artist... Congratulations... So could I see you pair of Selmer =
10G clarinets??? I answer him telling that I picked up the Signature =
clarinet because, after my trip to Argentina, I play again in both and =
felt better playing and more balanced tuning on Signature then 10G. He =
was very, very surprised.
Coming back to our subject, we can not choose our instrument just for =
its problems: one have a better intonation in the midle register but the =
low notes are flat, etc, etc, etc.
I can tell you that my Signature clarinet have a good intonation in the =
midle register but I don't know if it is much better then my previous =
Prestige... What I can tell you is that my Signature clarinet is much =
more in tune, easy blowing and more well finished then my previous =
Prestige; without any doubt!!!!!!
The problem with the throat tones could became better with changes in =
reeds and mouthpiece. And, to change the brands in clarinets, I did a =
very exhausted exchange of reed's strenghts and mouthpieces models to =
make the instrument fits to my own personality.
Now, with the Signature clarinets I am usind Vandoren reeds traditional =
number 3 (before I used 3 1/2 and 4 V12) and a Vandoren mouthpiece model =
11.6(my previous were Morgan #6 and Gregory Smith's 1+).
Better then ask is try the instrument yourself.

All the best

Fernando
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Fernando Silveira
Clarinet Professor - Rio de Janeiro University - Brazil
Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater Symphony Orchestra
Selmer/Vandoren Artist
fsilveira@-----.br
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De: chi chan <lokshing@-----.com>
Para: klarinet@-----.org>
Data: Ter=E7a-feira, 15 de Fevereiro de 2000 19:19
Assunto: [kl] Re: Signature and series 10
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Dear Fernando,
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I have been played series 10 both B flat and A for so many years. I =
never got a chance to try the Signature. In the local store here they =
won't let you try it unless you buy it. So I just can't compare the =
difference. Anyway, we
all know that The middle B flat note of series 10 are sounds =
thinner, so as to many other kinds of clarinet, is the B flat note =
sounds better in the new Signature? When I was in college (48 years ago) =
I know a guy who had a
clarinet which I forgot the brand of it, its B flat note sounds much =
better. He told me the clarinet was especially built for that note, =
there is a particular name of that system, unfortunately I do not recall =
the name. Do you
know anything about it? Let me go back to the subject, I also want =
to know how much would it cost for the Signature. Thank you.
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Best Regards.
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Sincrely,
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Wayne
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Fernando Silveira wrote:
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> Dear Wayne, I am sorry to try to answer it but, I have a litle =
expirience in that.
> The Selmer's serie 10 and Signature are diferent in concept.
> The Serie 10 have the "american" bore similar to the Buffet's R =
13. It was desigened by Mr, Giglioti to Selmer several years ago.
> The Selmer Signature is a diferent clarinet. Its bore is similar =
to the Buffet "RC": "french" bore. The tone holes are up for better =
intonation and it is a product of a entire new research made by Selmer =
in the last few years.
> Both clarinets, serie 10 and Signature, are very good; the choose =
will depend of your personal felling about them.
> Nowadays I am playing with Selmer Signature. They are excelents =
for me. But, as I told you, the choose is a simple diference of felling.
> Before buy one or another, try both; just after that make your =
choose.
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> All the best
>
> Fernando
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> Fernando Silveira
> Clarinet Professor - Rio de Janeiro University - Brazil
> Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater Symphony Orchestra
> Selmer/Vandoren Artist
> fsilveira@-----.br
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> De: chi chan <lokshing@-----.com>
> Para: klarinet@-----.org>
> Data: Segunda-feira, 14 de Fevereiro de 2000 01:41
> Assunto: Re: [kl] Buffet-Crampon
>
>
> Hi,
> It seems you are very experienced in clarinet. Would you =
please tell me is it
> worth to buy a new selmer signature for replacing the series =
10 that I am
> playing.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Wayne
> Christopher Hill wrote:
>
> > I would not buy a clarinet like that without trying it. When =
my local
> > music store doesn't have any professional clarinets in stock =
for my
> > students to try, I order from International Musical =
Suppliers in the
> > Chicago area. Lisa, the owner, will try them out for you, =
and she does
> > know how to pick them well! Their # is 800-762-1116.
> > In answer to your question about how people feel about the =
R13, I'm
> > happy with my set of Buffet R13's, (my spares are Leblanc =
Concerto's.)
> > As far as I know, the R13 is still the most popular =
professional
> > clarinet in the US. (No, I don't have any polling data to =
back this up.
> > This has simply been what I've observed.) This doesn't =
necessarily mean
> > that they are the best for everyone in every situation. For =
example,
> > next month, I will be using my Leblancs for Brahms' Fourth =
Symphony.
> > BTW, I don't have any affiliation with IMS; I've just had =
good
> > experiences dealing with them.
> > Chris
> >
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