Klarinet Archive - Posting 000109.txt from 2008/09

From: "Howard Shertzer" <shertzhg@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Ridenour Lyrique bass and basset clarinets
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:30:10 -0400

I have a Ridenour BC to Eb and a friend has one to low C.=20
Analysis: The intonation is like a rock through the whole range, and is =
not affected by temperature or humidity. It is pretty easy to hit a =
double C. The tone is excellent and big, but to my ears does not have =
the woody richness of a Buffet or Selmer pro BC. I think it is great for =
band, orchestra and ensemble, but probably not for serious solo and =
professional work. Tom will custom-make the keywork to emulate your =
liking.

Btw, we both use a crystal mouthpiece with Legere reeds.

Howard
Email shertzhg@-----.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Wakeling [mailto:joseph.wakeling@-----.net]=20
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 6:03 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Ridenour Lyrique bass and basset clarinets

Hello all,

Does anyone on the list have experience with Tom Ridenour's bass and
basset clarinets?
http://www.ridenourclarinetproducts.com/clarinets.htm

What I'd like to get is an idea of where these clarinets fit on the
range from 'student instrument' to 'professional' to 'really good' to
'absolutely fantastic'.

My main instruments are a lovely pair of Festivals so I'm not without
pickiness about what I play, but I'm also not prejudiced either about
price necessarily meaning quality, or hard rubber meaning a lack of it.
And I'm quite keen to have both bass and basset clarinet in my
collection sooner rather than later if I can ...

Thoughts? :-)

Best wishes,

-- Joe

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