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Re: Tosca in the house!

Author: OpusII
Date: 2004-04-06 07:14

Frank,

I recently tried some Buffet Crampon Tosca’s (4 to be accurate) and I’ll have to say that I found the intonation great but the sound appeared to be to beautiful… (if that’s possible), but the Tosca’s power isn’t right I personally think.. if you play a RC, festival or R13 it’s much easier to play a solo voice.

I also tried some Selmer Signature’s (4 to be accurate), great keywork (the best around I think). Beautiful sound and intonation, but a very bad finishing of the clarinets… The power is the same as on the Tosca clarinets.

My third try was the Leblanc Opus II (2 to be accurate), I fell in love with it on the moment I played the very first note… The power was there but also a beautiful pianissimo. The intonation was very good and the sound was great. The keywork is very good but not so good as the Tosca and the signature…

I’m going to buy a opus II, they have offered me a visit to the factory in france under guidance of Eddy Vanoosthuyse and we will try there some Opus II to find my new love….

Currently I’m being a Buffet Crampon RC player….

-Eddy

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