Klarinet Archive - Posting 000368.txt from 2004/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: metal clarinets
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:13:23 -0500

At 03:07 PM 12/28/2004 -0500, Ed Stuart wrote:
>As long as I have been playing the clarinet I have been solely exposed
>to the R-13 world, which has been O.K., as this has given me a good
>technical foundation. However, I really want to play jazz so I will
>need to move away from the classical sound. I'd like to start by
>purchasing a clarinet with a wider bore, possibly an metal clarinet or
>a Rossi with a wider bore. Does Rossi manufacture a clarinet with a
>bore wide enough to give me a hardware foundation that I need to
>create the sound that I want? Also, as I consider metal clarinets,
>should I just look at older metal clarinets or should I consider the
>Orsi's? Will they too offer me clarinet with a wide enough bore?

If all you want is a large bore, you can buy a Selmer 1400 (the old Bundy)
which has a .590" bore, same as the Series 9 and earlier Selmer Paris
models. Company literature claims it is patterned after the Balanced Tone
bore. I use one myself for jazz playing. Several Leblanc models have
.584" bores. Metal clarinets are an interesting curiosity, but with all
the choices available nowadays, I doubt that they are the best way to go
except in fairly bizarre circumstances.

Bill Hausmann

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

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