Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2003-04-04 16:28
My best German instrument is a Richard Keilwerth "Top Sound" which is one step below an Oehler. It is a 22 key, 6 ring Clarinet. It is quite enjoyable to play on occasion.
As one who doubled on saxophone for many years, the change from Boehm to German fingerings was not a great problem to me. And for whatever reason, when moving from a Boehm to German instrument, it seems natural to use the different RH fingerings. Similar to automatically driving ion the left side of the roadway in a right-hand drive car, perhaps.
Accustoming myself to the stretch of the right hand (mostly R1) was a bit difficult for me, but the hand eventually didn't mind so much. After a while, going from one instrument to the other becomes almost second nature. Perhaps my play on the German instrument will never be as good as on the Boehm, simply because of experience, but so what.
For a *really* low-end German-system Clarinet, it is not not recommended that you look at a "Wurzburg" instrument sold thorough eBay. They occasionally sell for less than fifty bux. Despite what they may be, one easily could believe they must be better than the Indian Army red-pad lamp stands.
Regards,
John
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