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Author: saxlite
Date: 2006-01-28 15:08
I am considering purchase of a new "eefer" and recently tried a Patricola Eb. First impressions were that this instrument was produced much less shrill tone than most other brands I tried. I invite comments from others who have experience with this instrument re tone and intonation, etc, as I am seriously considering shelling out the $$ for one. Thanks.
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Author: dperreno
Date: 2006-01-28 16:35
I haven't played one, but the Eb player in my band got one a couple of years ago and he loves his.
Doug
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Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2006-01-28 17:17
I bought one last year. It does have a warmer tone than some, and also has good power when needed. For intonation, the one I purchased is very good in the altissimo range, however, clarion D and E are quite flat. I think there are some things I can do to fix that, though.
Can it survive in a difficult playing situation? Well, I loaned it to the person playing Eb in a recent performance of Daphnis and Chloe who was having intonation and playing problems with his own Eb. He really liked it. (I played 2nd, by the way, and all the months of work on the part paid off. It turned out to actually be fun to play.)
The left hand Eb and articulated G# are nice to have, too.
Another thing about intonation.....they have a special mechanism for throat tone Bb that opens an additional hole. I did not find this to help intonation or tone quality for Bb and I disabled the mechanism. For the price, it is a very decent instrument. I also play on a Patricola A that was worked over and altered considerably by Charles Bay. It is a great horn.
johng
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Author: Ebclarinet1
Date: 2006-01-29 14:26
I tried a bunch of Eefers about three years ago as I wanted to replace my R13 and tried them all including the Patricola.
On all of them except the Buffet Prestige the high E was a problem note, either stuffy or wickedly out of tune or both. On most of these you could improve that high E by adding the right hand sliver key, but that's a bit of a nuisance in fast passages that the Eefers often face in their parts. The Prestige I thought had one of the prettier sounds although I wouldn't describe it as mellow. The Prestige was the one I could play the high notes softly too. Often that's a real problem in trying to blend with the flutes and piccolos who are often in unison with you. There's a particularly awful soli with the piccolo (starting with a high G and descending) in one of Shostakovich Symphonies (8 I think) that I have never gotten in tune until this horn. Even recordings of this passage are fairly awful!
The down side of the Prestige is the $$, so you sort of have to ask yourself whether the improved high notes are worth it.
In my playing of the horns they came out Prestige> Selmer=R13> Patricola> LeBlanc. This was at least 2 horns each so certainly not a scientific survey.
EEfer guy
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