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Author: Bob A
Date: 2005-03-28 22:29
Doctor et al, what are the chances of getting a Forte' in 'C'? Many "noodlers" like myself would be very glad and Church musicians gleeful as well. Better hurry it up, I'm 80 this Oct and "HOLDING"
Bob A
Post Edited (2005-03-28 22:30)
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Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2005-03-29 01:33
Bob -
Chances are slim for the forseeable future. Unfortunately it is a matter of dollars and cents (actually over 250 K) to bring a new model to market and about 2-3 years of prototyping, adjusting, testing, evaluating, tweaking, and retooling at the factory. The next Forte' will probably be the elusive "perfect 'A' clarinet".
L. Omar Henderson
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2005-03-29 01:52
Thank GOD! I been waiting for the news of an A forte clarinet to be coming out at some point! I'll be waitin . . . . (unless I get a phenominal offer before it comes out)
Alexi
PS - If you ever need a test subject, feel free to give me a holler!!!
US Army Japan Band
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Author: Bob A
Date: 2005-03-29 17:03
I guess I can give up holding MY breath--that's good as I don't have much of it left.
Bob A
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2005-03-29 18:17
Personally I really dislike the C Clarinet - hate the sound of it.
bright, bright, bright.....
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Author: Bob A
Date: 2005-03-29 22:23
Yeah, I know David. You're back to trying to get me to learn to transpose again. With my head at my age it just ain't gonna happen.
Bob A
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2005-03-29 22:44
Bob, I have a 79 yr old student who I am teaching to read music and he's doing very well.
I can see why you would want a C clarinet though. Woodwind Brasswind has one that is cheap - heck, you could even get a LYONS C Clarinet (they advertize on sneezy) which are only about $300!
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2005-03-31 13:46
I agree about the brightness of the C. The best tone I ever got on a C was on a Patricola Grenadilla wood one with a Chadash barrel and a Grenadilla wood Greg Smith Kaspar mouthpiece. The barrel and mouthpiece helped to darken the tone a bit.
There's also a great problem with intonation on many of the Cs. The Buffet E-11 C is a nice one for the money.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-03-31 14:01
Bright C cl, YES, a function of boresize and pitch, sim. to the Eb sop !! I had a {small Fr} Bb mp shortened, rather than the barrel, to get my old Conn plastic up to 440+, it seemed to mellow the tone a bit with mp patch and plastic lig, try combo's. Bob A, dont ask me for sympathy, I'm 85+ and do OK as long as I pay close attention!
Thanx, Mark, Don
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