Klarinet Archive - Posting 000532.txt from 2001/06

From: Jay Niepoetter <Niep@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rossi vs R13
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 03:44:56 -0400

hey turkey.... see you on friday for your klezmer show off day! the
USMB will be in switz. on july 9th for a week... i don't remember where
we are playing. small world

jay

Tski1128@-----.com wrote:
>
> Having played the Rossi clarinet for over a yr. now I feel relatively
> qualified to make a few comments on it. It is not an R-13, many of the
> fingerings that we call "normal" are really R-13 fingerings, I don't use the
> sliver key for high f, or the eb key on the high D. I think it has a
> beautiful sound, but a different sound than the buffet. I'm using it on most
> of my solo work and I find I still use my R13 for ensemble work. Not because
> the R13 is better, but the r-13 tunes more like the other r13's around me.
> The R-13 has the sensation of feeling like it is playing louder the rossi,
> but from doing recordings live and in studio situations, I've been told by
> the Sound engineers that this is not the case. I play double lip and the
> Rossi balances better in my hands when I'm playing standing up. It's a few
> ounces lighter! All in all I think it is a really well made instrument. I am
> playing a barrel that Mr. Rossi made for me a much more tapered barrel than
> originally came with the instrument. I have to say this was a real
> enhancement to the instrument. I'm hopefully going to get one made for the A
> clarinet soon.
> What can you say about the R13, what else can you play for under $2000,
> that sounds as good, tunes as well and is still the standard by which every
> clarinet is judged? After 1.5 years of playing it, I say the rossi is a
> really good clarinet, is it radically superiour to the R-13? No, it's a
> subtle improvement. Would I recommend it to my students, probably not. Most
> of mine are highschool and middle school, if the go to music school, they
> should be on the buffet. I still find really good used R13s for $600 around.
> I'd recommend it to people who want to try something a little different and
> willing to spend the money for a top quality instrument that tunes better
> with other woodwinds, that it does with R13s. The Rossi is a joy to play in
> woodwind quintet. There is another intangible quality that the rossi has, it
> seems like it is easier to play, on a four hour Bar mitzvah, I do notice I'm
> less fatigued by the end of it.
> If anyone wants to hear my rossie, I'll be doing a concert in Bern
> Switzerland on July 4th, Saas-fee, Switz on July 6th, and Salsomaggiore,
> Italy on July 8. I'll be playing a piece titled 'Nocturne" By Eric Richards,
> and "Hora staccato." If any list members are there, say hi
>
> Tom Puwalski, the artist formerly known as Sarge
>
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