Author: paulwl
Date: 2003-12-05 04:07
Don't know the 464N. Sure you don't have a 446N? 18 key/7 ring, articulated G#, medallion on the bell?
I'm a jazz doubler, and have had a 424N and 446N for quite awhile as backups to my Selmer B-Ts. I usually use a CLiCK barrel on the job due to unpredictable temperatures and warmup time. I also have a few other Conns around as part of a collection.
I like the free-blowing qualities and big tone of the Conns, and I'm endeared to Conn product of that era because I play their saxes. But after having been educated for years that they're not very fine clarinets, I'm predictably beginning to find them a little lacking. There's a subtlety that isn't there – they hiss air at low volumes in a way Selmers don't. There are also intonation issues with the 424, but not so many with the 446. (Of course, by today's standards, no clarinet this old is "in tune.")
What sort of music do you use your Conn for? What sort of mouthpiece setup do you like? (I use a Vandoren/V12 reed/Bonade ligature, as on the Selmers. Sometimes I substitute a Conn Steelay mpc.)
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