Klarinet Archive - Posting 000388.txt from 2003/06

From: Joe Redmon <red1451@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] To greenline or not to greenline?
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:25:49 -0400

After playing Greenline clarinets for years, I am now
back to wood for good. What changed me? A pair of
ca. 1986 R13 clarinets. These older clarinets produce
such a resonant, even, and full sound. Plus, the wood
is perfect with no cracks, like new horns tend to do.
There is no evidence of the supposed "blow out".
Actually, these are some of the most stable
instruments I've ever owned. I've owned and tried many
Greenline clarinets (both A and Bb) and all seem to
have similar qualities. The good is that they tend to
be even in all registers with good overall intonation.
The bad is that they have a thinner, less resonant
sound to my ears than most standard wood models. It's
what I would descibe as a more lifeless quality.

These are my opinions based on tensting and owning 3
sets of Greens and trying at least 25 of them. Nearly
ALL wood R13's I've since tried just simple sound and
feel better to my ears now. Maybe I have different
expectations about what a good horn should sonnd like
now. The Greenline is a good horn which wont crack.
Not cracking was what really drew me to the horn in
the beginning. I prefer to play older R13's now.
Chances are that if they haven't cracked, they
probably won't. My two cents...

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