Author: Merry
Date: 2000-01-31 21:51
I don't know anything about the selmer but the B12 is a good student model clarinet. Another one to consider, in my opinion, is the Yamaha C100. I helped with a primary school band which rented a range of clarinets including the B12, a selmer (I don't know which on it was though) and the Yamaha C100. The selmers were terrible, the keywork was abominable and they were prone to all sorts of break downs. The B12 was good, nice keywork etc but the Yamaha seemed the sturdiest and they were the ones all of the kids tried to get. They have decent keywork and hardly ever suffered any problems even in the hands of some very careless beginners. The mouthpiece on them was no good though, I could hardly make a noise on my clarinet when I tried one!
This is just my experience with recent student model clarinets but I would consider a primary school band to be a pretty good testing ground. My student model clarinet was a piece of junk, I sold it a year after starting a moved on to an intermediate model clarinet. I would have loved a pro-grade instrument then but my parents couldn't afford it. I bought a second hand pro-grade clarinet last year, it was only 7 years old, in beautiful condition and half the price of a new one. I think second hand is a good option if you can find a good instrument, let someone else pay for the devaluation on it. I could sell mine tomorrow and make money. Too bad I couldn't have found one when I purchased the intermediate model, then I only would have ended up buying 2 clarinets instead of 3. My intermediate one is being used by one of my students, she loves it.
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