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Author: Jason flores
Date: 2000-04-26 21:36
I am on a shoestring budget and looking for a used student clarinet does anyone have opinions on
buffet B10's or vitos also selmer has some plastic ones .Any good? what are the worst student clarinets?
I have found lots of used clarinets for around $150
thanks for the help
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Author: Dee
Date: 2000-04-26 22:05
Beginner instruments by Leblanc, Buffet, Selmer, and Yamaha are all considered very good. Some teachers prefer one over the other but it is more personal preference than anything else. The main thing is to make sure that a used instrument is in good condition.
Brands other than the four listed above are generally considered to be of lesser quality with some of them being ok and others being very poor indeed.
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Author: Fred
Date: 2000-04-27 01:02
One of the things you need to be mindful of is the condition of the instrument. It is VERY important to have at least a decent player or technician assess the horn's condition. It is very easy to drop $50-100 on pads and corks, making the bargain price you thought you got swell beyond your budget.
Another issue is the mouthpiece. It is rare to find student clarinets for sale used that have decent mouthpieces, yet it is probably more important to a beginner than the horn itself. There are too many brands to list individually (unlike the big 4 in instruments), but plan on spending another $20 MINIMUM for a decent mouthpiece. (Check sneezy sponsors!!)
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Author: Contragirl
Date: 2000-04-27 02:32
Hee hee. I loved my first clarinet (which I still have). I had a bundy that my dad bought when I was in fifth grade and when we went to buy my sister a new Conn screw on bell french horn... Anyway, I took really good care of it, and it's still in great condition. I think we paid 120 for it. Go to a music store that sells instruments for under retail, like (where I live, in MD) we have Chuck Levin's. It's great!
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Author: Willie
Date: 2000-04-27 04:20
Good advice above. A good plastic student model fitted with a decent mouthpiece can sound realy good. Don't let someone talk tou into a "real wood" one simply because it is wood. There have been a some "real clunkers" out there that are a waste of good wood. A quality plastic student model can be far better than these.
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Author: Eoin
Date: 2000-04-27 07:00
Dee wrote:
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Beginner instruments by Leblanc, Buffet, Selmer, and Yamaha are all considered very good
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The Vito is in fact made by Leblanc, so it counts as one of the four, although it doesn't say Leblanc anywhere on mine! My Vito Resotone 3 needed a small amount of adjustment and a good mouthpiece. With these, my teacher reckoned it was "almost as good as a Buffet B12".
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Author: Dee
Date: 2000-04-27 14:14
Eoin wrote:
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The Vito is in fact made by Leblanc, so it counts as one of the four, although it doesn't say Leblanc anywhere on mine! My Vito Resotone 3 needed a small amount of adjustment and a good mouthpiece. With these, my teacher reckoned it was "almost as good as a Buffet B12".
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Actually it looked like the poster knew that Vito was Leblanc's beginner instrument. Even if they didn't, I guess I just assumed that they would find out when they went to ask for one. (Yes, I know, never assume).
Naturally personal preference differs a lot. Being a devoted Leblanc fan, I would have said that the "B-12 is almost as good as the Vito." (ROFL!!)
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