Author: justwannaplay
Date: 2004-06-15 21:04
I turn to you kind and knowledgeable people to help me think this through.
I'm still playing on my student Yamaha 26II, but have realized that the 6C mpc is just not doing it for me (sounds shrill, uneven etc.). (I listened to the store owner who said that the 6C should be good for me 'for about a year' - and several posters here have said that Yamaha mpcs are good (but maybe just not for me).) When home in the US, I took out my old mpc, which is a NEMC, steelite ebonite, France, G8, which I know several of you guys have and like. I had it recorked, but not with reference to the Yamaha, because I wasn't intending to use it with it (thinking the 6C was ok). About a month ago for fun, I put it on the Yamaha, and it was incredible, the difference - it made the Yamaha sound like a real clarinet! Unfortunately it is loose, so following some suggestions on various threads, I just used a little masking tape on the NEMC. But the sound comes out buzzy (also, the NEMC doesn't seem to be quite the right kind of mpc for the Yamaha). I went back to the 6C a couple of days ago, but it is impossible, I need the NEMC! However, I don't really want to recork the NEMC for the Yamaha because I intend to use it for another clarinet, but that one has to be restored. So what should I do in the meantime?
A) continue with the masking tape method
OR
B) Just go ahead and recork the NEMC for the Yamaha, and then for the restored clarinet? (the NEMC fits the barrel of the restoration job, but not tight tight)
OR
C) buy another mpc that's similar to the NEMC for the Yamaha? (which I prefer not to do because I need to pool my funds to the restoration).
OR
D) struggle with the 6C on the Yamaha, until the other clarinet is restored (not really an option!).
p.s. I also swapped the barrel, and that fits on the Yamaha top joint, but the sound, resistence, doesn't seem right.
Thanks so much for any input.
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