Klarinet Archive - Posting 000650.txt from 2004/07

From: "Erik Tkal" <bbtkal@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Noblet 45 Eefer
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:29:02 -0400

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Currie
>
> The Buffet E 11 is an intermediate granadilla instrument that
> goes for less than $1200 from IMS or Woodwind/Brasswind. My
> C clarinet is an E11 set up by Morrie Backun and it is a good
> instrument.

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E11s can be very good. When I bought my C clarinet I had a Buffet E11, a
Patricola CL7 and a Noblet 45C on trial, and I kept the E11. It had a much
more open sound, the other seemed stuffier and were harder to get a good
sound out of, regardless of the mouthpiece or the reed. Of course it doesn't
quite compare to my Bb R13, too bad Buffet doesn't have an R13 C - their
next C is the RC Prestige, *way* out of the range I was looking at for
casual folk playing or the occasional C part in orchestra.

Erik

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