Klarinet Archive - Posting 000802.txt from 2003/08

From: "eclef.com" <eclef@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Clarinet brands
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:53:44 -0400

Which brand is better???? why dont start from deeper ???
Everyone has a different timbre, air,bite and more... Pro clarinetist can
produce quality sound on any instruments and mouthpieces if one a real
pro.... The good instrument itsef help only to reduce uncomfortableness for
the clarinetist
www.eclef.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Musician" <musicians@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] re: Clarinet brands

> ------------------------------------------------
> Saying 'I will only play Buffet because all the
> > pro's do' is, in my opinion, not a smart thing to say.
>
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Uh Mark, I had purchased a set of Selmer 10G's which Gigliotti handpicked
in
> Paris and returned them to go with another Clarinet when I ended up buying
> my Buffet Prestige set back in 1988. If I followed the herd I would have
> stayed with the Selmers as that was what Gigliotti who was my teacher for
7
> years was really, REALLY pushing. O' DID I GET SOME MAJOR HELL FROM HIM
FOR
> THAT CHOICE!!! But I play and pick what works for me based on my
experience
> (which is fairly vast at this point, and wasn't that much at that point).
I
> won't be sold a crock by Leblanc that their Clarinets play "right out of
the
> box perfectly" nor Selmer with their latest, greatest invention, nor
Buffet
> as a standard as the only standard for me is what plays the best at the
> point of purchase and for me personally.
>
> I was just saying that the Buffet is still the Marketplace Standard based
on
> Sales. There are many amazing Clarinetists out there and almost as many
> really good models of Clarinets that they swear by. I'm a professional
> player and choose what works for me, not what is told to me.
>
> David Blumberg
> www.TopTempo.com
>
>
>
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