Klarinet Archive - Posting 000342.txt from 2006/10

From: Nancy Buckman <eefer@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Leblanc/ Backun clarinets
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:00:58 -0500

Hi Blake,

Conn-Selmer had an "un-veiling" at Roberto's on W.46th. The whole second
floor was turned into a showroom. The bar was open and people just walked
in, drank, ate and played away. It was a two day event last Friday and
Saturday.

Nancy

At 03:59 PM 10/23/2006, you wrote:
>Nancy,
>
>Where did you try them in New York? Was there a conference or something?
>
>Thanks,
>
>JBA
>
>
>>From: Nancy Buckman <eefer@-----.net>
>>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>>To: klarinet@-----.org
>>Subject: RE: [kl] Leblanc/ Backun clarinets
>>Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:31:16 -0400
>>
>>For the enquiring minds:
>>
>>I apologize. I hit the send key without checking the address. The
>>message was supposed to go directly to Terry. In addition to his request
>>for what I thought was amazing about these instruments, he asked for
>>information on pricing and where he could try them. I was going to give
>>Terry my reasons when I receive the sales information he requested. I
>>sent the original post that I had tried at a time when I didn't have
>>enough time to elaborate. I thought people might like to know that the
>>instruments are forthcoming and that they are everything that has been
>>said they would be.
>>The answers have arrived so I will include them all in this post.
>>
>>What I found so amazing about the new instruments is that they responded
>>to my every request from them. They came out of the cases and were put
>>on the table. No adjustments were made to them. People just picked them
>>up and they all played. I was there for many hours and they played as
>>well at the end of the day as they did when they came out of the cases
>>(after many people had handled them each). And this was true of the
>>cheapest model to the most expensive model. Pitch was excellent from end
>>to end. Response from note to note is even. I could easily make large
>>interval leaps with no difficulty, something I usually am not very good
>>at. Dynamic ability is unequalled in my opinion. I could play so softly
>>without effort that I could only be heard by sitting within a foot or two
>>of the instrument in a quiet room and that was from the lowest note to
>>the highest. Articulation is very easy, with adequate resistance, but
>>not so much as to make the instrument hard to play (just right, as
>>Goldilocks would say). The keywork is exquisite. On the two more
>>expensive models, some of the keywork is adjustable. There is also a
>>C#/G# trill extension which is convenient.
>>And best of all, the key rings fit my small fingers (so my fingers don't
>>fall through the rings). I play a Selmer 10S A clarinet in orchestra and
>>am always having to wear finger cots to keep my fingers from slipping
>>through the rings. I have a latex allergy and this presents a real
>>difficulty for me.
>>
>>So there is my impression of the new clarinets. If it sounds like a
>>sales pitch, well then call it what you will. In my opinion, there is
>>nothing on the market at the moment to equal them, unless you pay a lot
>>more than you will pay for these instruments.
>>
>>The Cadenza model, which is the cheapest, has no competition. At @$1600,
>>nothing Yamaha, Selmer or Buffet has in their lines plays as well, IMO.
>>The Symphonie, at @$3000, I like better than anything any of the big
>>three offer and feel it is the best of the three models for the
>>money. The Legacy, which is the flagship model, is very nice. But at
>>@$6000 I don't feel the differences between the middle and top models
>>warrants such a huge increase in price. As for where to try them, WWBW
>>will have them in stock within a few weeks and you can try them there.
>>
>>Nancy
>>
>>Nancy Buckman
>>Orchestra AACC
>>Opera AACC
>>Baltimore Flute Choir
>>eefer@-----.net
>>
>>
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Nancy Buckman
Orchestra AACC
Opera AACC
Baltimore Flute Choir
eefer@-----.net

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