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Lyons C

Author: janlynn
Date: 2012-11-12 16:01

Has anyone had a good experience with the Lyons C

I'm trying to find a clarinet MADE for children

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Re: Lyons C

Author: Paula S
Date: 2012-11-12 18:54

Hi,

I am an amateur but serious clarinet player. My main instruments are Peter Eatons. I bought a Clarineo for fun recently. I have tiny hands and on the Clarineo the left hand lever keys are not adjustable as far as I know and I find them a bit of a stretch. On the orignal Lyons C they are apparently adjustable by 2cm. As you are probably aware the Lyons C is no longer available and has been succeeded by the Clarineo. I have had fantastic fun on the Clarineo but I think you have to be pretty good or an extremely talented child to get a reasonable clarinet tone on it. I have played all sorts of things on it including some advanced stuff like the Gershwin Preludes and the Artie Shaw Concerto ( crazy but true). I have got up to altissimo C on it but that was quite difficult and just for the craic ( as the Irish say ;-)) It has however whetted my appetite for the Eb clarinet which I have just acquired and fallen in love with. However the Eb is a real challenge and is really only for the advanced player.

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Re: Lyons C

Author: Tony F
Date: 2012-11-12 20:22

I have an original Lyons C clarinet. I bought it on EBay for pocket change to use with a guitar trio I play with, to provide al alternative sound. I've had a lot of fun with it, but its not a serious replacement for a proper C clarinet. The keys are too mushy and flexible to be comfortable, and even with the adjustable keys on the original Lyons the ergonomics are poor if you have other than very small hands. The original mouthpiece isn't very good, but with a Rico Eb m/p I can get a pretty good sound from it.

Tony F.

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