Klarinet Archive - Posting 000172.txt from 2007/12

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] C clarinet
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:16:56 -0500

This is what I have, although Ridenour is not longer associated with
Arioso. Its main problem was a very sharp throat A which I have more or
less fixed with poster putty. I have not had any other problems. I
found that another mouthpiece I had (a Fobes from a Zinner blank) worked
slightly better than my usual Fobes San Francisco model so I have been
using that on the C clarinet.

Arioso was at the NAMM show last year so I expect they are still around.

Gary
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Ann Satterfield wrote:
> Keith,
>
> Thanks for information about Amati. The C clarinet i have borrowed
> that sounded good was Arioso (Ridenour design, hard rubber) then
> $1000) but I don't know if that is still available.
>
> Does the Amati use same mouthpiece as Bb/A?
>
> Are the tuning flaws consistent?

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