Klarinet Archive - Posting 000824.txt from 2000/05

From: "Dodgshun family" <dodgshun@-----.nz>
Subj: Re: [kl] Is Lisner any good?
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 00:30:05 -0400

> At 08:02 AM 5/18/2000 +0930, Burrows, Samuel wrote:
> > As a beginner, I found it very difficult to decide which clarinet to
> >purchase. Should one get an established brand (and what is
"established?")
> >or go for the cheapest, secondhand model. I went for the latter and
> >purchased a used plastic Lisner with a Ricco mouthpiece - a total of $98.
At
> >the same time. there were used clarinets up to $5000. To me they looked
> >identical save for a few embelishments. No doubt the tone is different
but
> >is that important for someone who is just beginning and still trying to
> >learn where to put the fingers?
> >>
> You can take it as a very BAD sign that I have never heard of this brand
> before. I HAVE heard of Rico mouthpieces before, but that, as it happens,
> is also NOT a good thing. A black tube with silvery thingies on it does
> not a clarinet make, unfortunately. A Yugo has an engine, wheels,
steering
> wheel, etc., but it is still not, for lack of "a few embellishments" a
> Rolls-Royce. It is likely that what you have is, at best, a cheap student
> instrument which may suffice for your beginning stages; at worst, it may
be
> a Chinese piece of junk, which will always be out of tune and require
> constant attention to keep the mechanism in regulation. At least it will
> only be a $98 mistake.

I taught a kid last year and the year before who had a Lisner. It wasn't
the nicest beginner clarinet I've ever come across, but it wasn't terrible
either. I suspect that it was rather out of adjustment (and I never had
time to look at it properly) because some notes (mainly B) always gave her
trouble until I let her play my R-13. But it wasn't a horribly awful
instrument, and certainly was OK for her first two years. She'd only
borrowed it, and was planning to move up to a Yamaha for her third year -
her parents wanted to make sure she'd stick with it before buying her a
reasonable instrument. So I'd say it's likely to be OK for the first couple
of years, then you'll need to look for something else.

HTH
Anna
>
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