Klarinet Archive - Posting 000649.txt from 2003/02

From: "Andy Raibeck" <cactus@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Impingo Wood Supply for Clarinets
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 03:50:37 -0500

I was recently in the market for new clarinets, and I tried several
different makes/models, including the R13, Selmer Signature, and Leblanc
Concerto. I was not at all impressed with the R13; my old one from 1976 was
still better than the new ones I tried. I thought the Signature sounded a
lot like a good R13 (not sure if that was Selmer's intent, but it wouldn't
surprise me). Eventually, though, I went with a pair of Concertos (Bb and
A), as for me, they played and sounded substantially better than any of the
other instruments I tried. But if I just *had* to have that R13 sound, I
would have gone with the Signature.

Regards,

Andy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Casada" <clarinetcowboy@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Impingo Wood Supply for Clarinets

> Sue,
> You can get a new Greenline R13 from woodwind and brasswind for $1675
> (still a lot compared to $850). They are actually 95% grenadilla. The
> clarinet professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (my future
> teacher unless I do well enough at my CIM audition on Sunday to get a
> scholarship) owns a pair, and I can't tell a difference in his playing
> between those and his regular R13.
> Also, I'm new to this list, and I wondered if anyone on here plays
> selmer signatures? I just bough a pair last March and am very pleased. I
> went over to Muncy winds in NC and tried out about four R13s, three
LeBlanc
> Concertos, and two signatures. Before that I was playing an old Noblet
Bb.
> It was time for a step up, and I was very surprised that I liked the
Selmers
> so much seeing as how everyone else seems to like R13s. Just curious if
> anyone else is similarly inclined.
> Anyway, long enough for a first posting.
>
> Will Casada
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Raycraft" <raycraft@-----.com>
> >Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> >To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> >Subject: Re: [kl] Impingo Wood Supply for Clarinets
> >Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:20:41 -0800
> >
> >Dan,
> >Yes, I know. But aren't they, like over $3500?
> >I'll have to save up all the money from all my little
> >paid gigs for a long, long time to have the money for
> >one. But I think it just might be the answer.
> >My husband, (who is not a musician by the way,) does
> >not understand why anyone would pay that much for
> >a clarinet. I paid $850 for my used Buffet, and he
> >had a complete FIT!!!!
> >Sue
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Dan Arsenault" <danarsenault@-----.net>
> >To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> >Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1:58 PM
> >Subject: Re: [kl] Impingo Wood Supply for Clarinets
> >
> >
> > > Sounds like you might be candidate for a Greenline.
>
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