Klarinet Archive - Posting 000041.txt from 2009/10

From: Diego Casadei <casadei.diego@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] New A clarinet from Patricola
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:32:47 -0400

Dear all,

I'm pleased to say that, after some month of discussions with the
Patricola brothers (http://patricola.it/), they were able to satisfy my
request of having a more uniform feeling when switching between the
B-flat and A clarinets.

Some time ago, they started selling the B-flat "Virtuoso" clarinet,
which is a great instrument (if you try, you buy...), together with the
A clarinet. I had the impression that the latter, though a great
clarinet, was giving a feeling not very similar to the B-flat. When
playing in orchestra, switching is easier if the natural difference
between the two instruments is less pronounced, hence I started
bothering the Patricola pushing to change as much as possible the A
feeling toward the B-flat one. After 2-3 bad prototypes, they were
finally able to find the way of providing a similar response of the two
instruments. On Friday, I played the first 2 new A instruments, and I
should say that they are really great (my contribution has been
negligible, still I'm proud of it :-) ...): now switching among a pair
B-flat/A of "Vitruoso" clarinets is easier, and the A instrument did
not loose anything of its qualities (which is the risk, whenever one
makes changes to the bore).

I hope you'll have a chance to test their instruments too.

Best regards,
Diego

PS. Just to reassure everybody, I don't earn any money with it :-)

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