Author: Keith Ferguson
Date: 2007-06-09 17:18
I have had a Greenline R13 on trial for the past few days, during which I have (1) played it "side by side" with my grenadilla R13, (2) recorded myself playing the same pieces on each, and (3) played some etudes in unison with my instructor, who was using one of his grenadilla R13s. Since it is, after all, an R13, it plays very similarly to the grenadilla version and has similar intonation tendencies. When I'm playing it, this particular Greenline seems to have a slightly more penetrating quality to its sound than my grenadilla R13, but it was very hard to detect when listening to the recording. I've heard much greater tonal differences between two grenadilla R13s.
I agree that you want to try several, because there are individual differences between any two clarinets, but I would say that you're going to end up the the qualities of an R13 whether you buy grenadilla or Greenline.
The only concern I have is the stories I've heard about tenons breaking on the Greenline version. I don't know how common this is, and I don't know if it's repairable. Perhaps someone else has experience with this issue?
Keith
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