Klarinet Archive - Posting 000737.txt from 2002/07

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] New to Clarinets
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:37:13 -0400

Lynda,

Forrests Music in Berkeley, CA is a great resource for music,
reeds, repair, and buying new instruments. They are well known
in the double reed world, but also have carried clarinets and
flutes in their store in the past (not on their website,
though.)

When I lived in San Francisco, I travelled up there for repair
and reeds frequently. Very nice people.

Here is their info:

Forrest's Music
1849 University Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94703
510-845-7178
800-322-6263
sales@-----.com

http://www.forrestsmusic.com

ALSO, if you are looking for information about similar
instruments in the E13 range, try the clarinet archives. They
are located on a link on the clarinet pages at:

http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/index.html

Just click on Klarinet Archives on the left, and then do a
search for:

E13 Yamaha

and that will give you all of the listings for the E13 and the
Yamaha instruments in the archives to peruse, such as the Yamaha
34 and 52. It will also on some of the listings give you
alternatives for these instruments, like the Leblanc Sonata, the
Noblet 45, and the Selmer Prologue. There are 28 matches for
this particular search, which should give you a wealth of info
on this matter, as it is hashed and rehashed with regular
frequency here on the list. Other brands you can use with E13 in
the "Refine search" line (in PLACE of "Yamaha" in the search
line) are Selmer, Leblanc, Patricola, Jupiter, and Howarth.

You will probably want to steer clear of Winston, Jean Baptiste,
and Monique clarinets, as they use cheap pot metal keys that
bend and break easily. I have had clarinet and sax students on
these brands of instruments, and you would be better off staying
with the instrument you have.

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- Lynda G <lyngates@-----.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm new to clarinet playing (6 months) and starting out as a
> parent hoping
> to encourage my homeschooled children in their instrument
> playing.
>
> I have purchased a couple clarinets on ebay. I'm using a
> Selmer Signet 100,
> my husband plays on a ?LeMarque (but prefers the cello)
>
> I recently played a new Buffet B12, it is so much easier to
> blow than my
> Selmer that I would like to purchase a new instrument now. I
> like the wood
> sound and realize that I need to try a few instruments. I was
> leaning
> towards a Buffet E13, but am now thinking Yamaha (but am open
> to
> suggestions)
>
> Which Yamaha is similar to the Buffet E13?
>
> Can you recommend any Music stores in the Northern Bay Area,
> CA?
>
> Thank you,
> Lynda

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