Klarinet Archive - Posting 000829.txt from 2002/03

From: "Jay E. Niepoetter" <Niep@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] C Clarinets
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 15:53:24 -0500

i love my buffet E11 C clarinet. i use it for fun playing flute duets with
my wife, and its good enough to play in orchestras. I think it cost me
about $850, and i've had about $850 worth of fun out of it. Pitch is
excellent!

jay

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Murch [mailto:rmurch@-----.edu]
Subject: [kl] C Clarinets

Any thoughts on the pros and cons of buying a C clarinet? Now that I am
retired, I have returned to clarinet playing after 4+ decades of doing other
things. One of my new musical activities is playing with the orchestra of a
local music school (secondary level) and several times a year we have music
written for C clarinet. Usually I can not manage the necessary real-time
transposition on my Bb (or A) clarinet. I suspect that it would be
beneficial in the area of my character development to practice sufficiently
to learn full speed sight transposing--but it may not be worth the effort.
Also, I have heard that C clarinets, in general, are not mechanically or
musically "good". Transposing is easy but, for me, recording the results on
paper is verrrry time consuming, whether done by hand or by using computer
software. Comments?

Bob

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