Klarinet Archive - Posting 001102.txt from 2003/03

From: EClarinet@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Eb/D
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:58:58 -0500

In a message dated 3/26/03 4:25:14 PM EST, klarinet-digest-help@-----.org
writes:

<< 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. >>

Hi Matthew!

I bought a Leblanc Concerto Eb almost 2 years ago now, and it is a great
horn. I and several others play it in the wind ensembles I belong to, and we
all agree it's the best eefer we've ever played, and we've all tried Buffets
and Selmers, as well as older Leblancs. I am always surprised anew when I
pick it up, and the tone is so nice and warm and round like my Bb. I just
played it in concerts Friday and Sunday, and several people, including a
DRUMMER(!) commented on how great it sounded. The intonation is almost a
non-issue, also.

My next purchase is going to be a C clarinet, and I am getting a
Concerto....no doubt!

hope this helps....

Elise Curran
Orlando, FL
who will be in NYC this weekend singing G&S!

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