Klarinet Archive - Posting 000002.txt from 2007/11

From: "Ted" <tedcasher@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] pro horn suggestions
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:25:49 -0400

Alicia---have you tried any Selmers? I have an older 10G (favorite), a
newer 10G, a 9, and an old 10 (weatherbeater---pinned crack!!!) I love the
sound and the scale! But---this is from the standpoint of a jazz
clarinetist! However, the entire clarinet section of the Boston Symphony
used to use them, back in the time of Gino B. Cioffi, Rosario Mazzeo, Manny
Valerio, and Patsy Cardillo. Good luck in your quest! Ted Casher
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alicia Byer" <aliciabyer@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 5:11 AM
Subject: [kl] pro horn suggestions

> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm sure you get these kinds of questions all the time, so if this post is
> incredibly out of line, or incredibly boring, feel free to ignore it...
>
> I'm in the market for a new professional clarinet, and I'm wondering what
> to get! I just graduated with my BA in composition, and played clarinet
> throughout college, but never upgraded from my intermediate instrument
> that I used in high school, since I wasn't a performance major. Now, I've
> come into a little bit of cash and I want to finally move up to a real
> instrument. I've tried the Buffet R13 and one or two other Buffets (I
> can't remember which) and a couple of the Leblancs (Concerto and Opus I
> think?) at a music store that I worked at, and I really favored the
> Leblancs at the time because they seemed easier to play and less stuffy. I
> mostly play experimental/new music and improv, so I need something
> extremely responsive and even, but still flexible, and I prefer a dark,
> covered, centered tone. I'm not a fan of lots of "ring". I looked at the
> Concerto and the Backun Leblancs, the Cadenza seems like a good deal. The
> Buffet RC Prestige seems ideal but probably a little out of my price
> range. Does anybody have any other suggestions? The instrument I'm playing
> on now is quite pitiful and falling apart, it's a French intermediate
> instrument from the 1940s, so I probably couldn't jump to an instrument
> that required a lot of wrestling to get a good tone. I use Richard Hawkins
> mouthpieces and 4/4.5 Vandoren v12s with my more closed mouthpiece, and a
> 3 1/2 with my more open one. I also use a terrible $2 ligature that I dug
> out of a bin. So! Thanks for reading all this, and let me know if you have
> any suggestions.
>
> Best,
> Alicia
>
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