Klarinet Archive - Posting 000383.txt from 2002/05

From: "Joseph Wakeling" <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] To Green Line or Not Green Line?
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:40:36 -0400

Thanks for the info, Tom. :-)

Actually I have had immense difficulty getting hold of different instruments
to try out. None of the music stores that I went to or contacted in
Switzerland had a great range and in fact all I could try were regular RC
clarinets (wood only). I'm inclined, though, towards the Festival as it
seems to be the most flexible of the range.

Could anyone recommend a good place to go, with a wide range of instruments?

As for Green Line, one thing that made me inclined to pick it was that my
flat seems to have two temperatures: warm or freezing cold. Not the safest
place for a wooden clarinet, I would think, even stored snugly away in a
good case. ;-)

-- Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: <Tom.Henson@-----.com>
Subject: RE: [kl] To Green Line or Not Green Line?

> Joe,
>
> I have gone through this same process as yourself.
>
> As a matter of fact, I went through a selection process of wood vs.
> Greenline about a year ago for a Bb.
>
> I, like yourself, was concerned about the cracking possibilities of wood.
I
> had previously had two wooden Festival's crack on me and was very
concerned.
> Looking back on this now, I believe the instruments were improperly stored
> at the music store and this contributed to this problem.
>
> I ended up picking the Greenline as I found in practical sense little
> difference in the sound from it's wooden counterpart. I did have several
to
> pick from though as the same thing applies here as to picking a wooden
> clarinet. Try to pick from a selection for best fit to your playing style.
>
> Someone on the list at the time suggested that when picking out a
Greenline,
> what you hear is what you will get. Meaning that the sound of the clarinet
> should not change over time like a wooden one will as you break it in. So
> you might consider this as well.
>
> Overall I am very satisfied with my Festival Greenline.
>
> I started looking for an A clarinet about a month ago. I wanted to
purchase
> a Festival Greenline to match my Bb. I also wanted to try the RC bore and
> see if I liked it as well.
>
> After talking with Lisa at IMS several times and her making some phone
calls
> to Francois Kloc, it appears that the Greeline machinery in France is
broken
> right now. With the anticipated sale of the company soon, no one seems to
> know when this machinery will be fixed.
>
> So the supply of Greenline instruments in the US is very limited. It might
> even be limited to stock on hand at the store you are looking at depending
> on the model.
>
> I would imagine that the Bb models are in the best supply being the most
> common. A clarinets are almost non existent unless you are looking for an
> R13 A.
>
> After writing off getting a Festival A Greenline, I decided to look at
> wooden clarinets again and have finally been able to pick one out that I
am
> happy with, but that's another story.
>
> Good luck on your selection.
>
> Tom Henson
>
>
> Joseph wrote << As I may have mentioned a while back, I'm in the process
of
> trying to buy a new pair of clarinets, and I'm just wondering about this
> issue (having already settled on Buffet). Yes, I know, I'm making that
big
> fuss over equipment again.... ;-)>>
>
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