Klarinet Archive - Posting 001098.txt from 2003/03

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Eb/D
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:58:54 -0500

(first, to Mark Charette...the Stephen Fox link and the Howarth
link in "Resources" on woodwind.org are both incorrect.)

Matthew,

If a D is your ultimate goal, and you have the money for a
Prestige or Opus, I would suggest looking into Stephen Fox
instruments. They are handmade, and if you do the $ conversion
(all of his prices are in CANADIAN dollars, not US...obviously,
since he is in Canada) they are appreciably cheaper than Buffet
and LeBlanc for a Prestige or Opus *Bb* which is cheaper than
their harmony instruments. You could save at least $500 (US) on
EACH instrument, AND have a handmade instrument with options you
ask for.

I am playing on 2 very nice Patricola instruments (Eb and C,)
but they do not make a D. Yamaha doesn't make a D. Rossi makes a
D, but curiously NOT an Eb. Actually, I don't know of any other
makers of BOTH Eb and D soprano instruments except for Buffet,
LeBlanc, Selmer, and Stephen Fox (Boehm/French style.) I suppose
some German makers like Wurlitzer make them, but I think you are
looking for french style instruments if you are matching your
proposed Eb to your proposed D instrument already.

Stephen Fox's website is http://www.sfoxclarinets.com

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
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--- Matthew Lloyd <Matthew@-----.uk> wrote:
> I thought that I would introduce myself with a question!
>
> I am a lawyer in London - public service not private so don't
> instantly
> condemn me! - who plays clarinet/bass clarinet and is just
> about to
> expand into Eb. I used to play Eb as a young man (I'm 36 now
> and until
> the weekend hadn't played one for years!
>
> Has anyone had any good experience of the Leblanc or the
> Buffet
> Prestige? Those makes appeal as I would like to be able to add
> a D later
> if the need appears and both make D clarinets to match. I know
> the
> answer is to play as many as possible - but advice is also
> worth having.
> I will be able to play a Leblanc Opus at my local shop but not
> a Buffet
> for the time being as they are not coming from Paris.
>
> My instinct is towards the Buffet RC as that is what my pair
> are.
>
> Ideas anyone?
>
> Matthew Lloyd

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