Klarinet Archive - Posting 000048.txt from 2003/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Selmer C clarinet
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 23:12:47 -0500

At 11:40 AM 12/1/2003 -0500, Nancy E. Buckman wrote:
>I don't know what it is with the Selmer line and me, but every one I play
>has a thin whiney sound. I don't know if I sound that way to others when
>I play Selmers, but the bottom line is that I don't like the way I sound
>when I play them. I did, at one time, own a Centered Tone just because I
>thought maybe if I played it for a while I would adapt to it somehow and
>it might sound better. I played it for about a year, but didn't notice a
>change, and subsequently, sold the thing. I have played the newer models
>too and don't like them either. The Signature, in addition to the sound
>problems, is just too heavy. Like I've said before, there are a lot of
>people who like the Selmer line. I am not one of them though.

I don't believe the Signature is significantly heavier than any other
clarinet, The Selmer RECITAL, on the other hand, IS quite heavy and large
in diameter, and thus not for everyone, although it does have a very
beautiful tone (to my ears and those of others I know who are familiar with
it). I can only assume that your ears are searching for that upper partial
energy or whatever that I find stronger in Buffets than Selmers. Thus,
what I hear as direct and dark you find thin and whiney. Or maybe your
mouthpiece does not match Selmers well?

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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