Klarinet Archive - Posting 000208.txt from 2004/09

From: donna@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Eb Clarinet rental help
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:24:27 -0400

Quoting "Dee D. Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>:

> Both the Selmer (Bundy) and Leblanc (Vito) student plastic instruments
> should be suitable for your concert. Go ahead rent one of these. You may
> however find that you want to purchase a mouthpiece if the stock one does
> not suit you.

I can also recommend the Vito eefer. I borrowed one last spring from a friend
of mine and liked it so much I ended up buying it from him over the summer. It
plays pretty well in tune and I got all kinds of compliments on my sound at a
rehearsal last week of the last movement of Symphonie Fantastique. I use the
stock mouthpiece that came with the horn. So far I haven't found one I like
better.

> Give yourself plenty of time to practice. The altissimo notes do require
> some work to get into tune.

Also very true.

I hadn't played much Eb at all up to this point, so over the summer, besides
working on the Berloiz, I spent a lot of time on Eb just going back to basics -
scales and exercises from Kroepsch, Klose, etc. This helped with intonation and
also learning to adjust my fingers to the smaller scale of the Eb keys.

- Donna

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