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Author: ShayneC
Date: 2008-02-17 17:09
Has anyone purchased a Orsi & Weir clarinet? I tried a couple at the Texas Music Educators Convention in San Antonio and I liked them very much.
Shayne
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2008-02-17 18:59
WHAT?????
Where were they??? Who had them???? I was around the hall twice and didn't see them there this last summer.
...........Paul Aviles
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2008-02-17 19:05
> Where were they??? Who had them???? I was around the hall twice and
> didn't see them there this last summer.
You must've been in the VD expo - one good stand per hall... ![[tongue]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie6.gif)
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Ben
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Author: Fontalvo
Date: 2008-02-17 20:10
I haven't tried it but tomorrow at SMU they have a masterclass with instrument makers/designers Orsi and Weir on Monday, Feb. 18 at 7pm in room 1050. John Weir will lecture on instrument acoustics and design and they will have a selection of their products for trial.
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Author: ShayneC
Date: 2008-02-17 21:08
They were in the second smaller vendors hall. They had a booth set up on the left side.
Shayne
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2008-02-17 21:11
Orsi & Weir has a really good reputation as being a world class instrument.
At ClarFest there was a blind test of several manufacturers and they came out on top if I recall.
Anyone see those results? (I heard of it, but didn't see the study)
http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com
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Author: hartt
Date: 2008-02-17 21:37
david........
the test you refer to was given by Scott of WWBW (perhaps another, too)
he should have the results
regards
dennsi
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Author: Sylvain
Date: 2008-02-18 00:59
Ben Redwine,
A regular of the BBoard, professional player and mouthpiece maker plays their instruments.
I have only heard good things about them.
Which model did you try?
-S
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Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>
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Author: ShayneC
Date: 2008-02-18 03:20
I tried three of their models. The cocobolo was darker sounding, the euro taper was more resistant, and the american taper similar to the Buffett R-13 setup. It was free blowing and very easy to get around the different registers.
Shayne
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Author: Clark W Fobes
Date: 2008-02-18 15:48
I think a lot of John Weir and his instruments. I tried several models and combinations at TMEA and the beauty of his EUROPEAN bore clarinet is still haunting me. John's wife - Patti - is a very fine clarinetist and she does all of the play testing and helps John with the final voicing of the clarinets. These are world class instruments and I believe will be played by more clarinetists as their reputation continues to grow.
Clark
Clark W Fobes - Clarinet & Saxophone Products
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2008-02-19 05:19
On their website www.orsi-wind-instruments.it there are a lot of interesting things. One piece body and barrel with a *screw on* bell. And they offer their proline instruments in metal, also.
Post Edited (2008-02-19 05:22)
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Author: rsholmes
Date: 2008-02-19 13:47
A number of professional (jazz) musicians have used metal clarinets:
http://www.new-orleans-delight.dk/Sidste%20nyt/The%20Clarinet%20That%20Made.html
I realize that's not what you had in mind when you spoke of "professional grade clarinets", but there are all sorts of professionals.
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Author: C2thew
Date: 2008-02-19 23:43
oh my god. don't look under the pictures of that website. too much clarinet barrels and bells and instruments in cases!!! it's a pron shop I tell you! they even pick you up at the airport and let you stay at their place. that's the coolest thing since sliced bread!
price isn't too expensive at all for a professional clarinet.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. they are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive as railroads lead to Boston to New York
-Walden; Henry Thoreau
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Author: Neil
Date: 2008-02-20 01:31
"price isn't too expensive at all for a professional clarinet."
Bear in mind the prices are given in Loonies. I don't mean to imply that I think they're overpriced, I just wanted to make things perfectly clear.
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2008-02-20 02:06
John Weir is also very helpful when you contact him regarding instruments and various choices. He is a great guy to deal with, both over the phone and via e-mail. I just might order my next "woodie" from him, if I decide not to get a Buffet.
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2008-02-21 16:24
Has anyone tried his A clarinets? A good test of a maker is to produce a free blowing in tune A clarinet that matches the response of the Bb clarinet as well.
David Dow
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2008-02-22 15:50
I was favorably and strongly impressed by John Weir and his clarinets at ClarinetFest last year. He spent a good deal of time withe me helping to select an extreme-taper barrel that would just 'pop' my Buffet into the Altissimo. Wonderful, supportive service.
I wanted badly to run off with a cocobollo European bore Bb. From my cursory experiments in that noisy demonstration hall caused me to rank his general line instruments with the best from Backun and Buffet.
Oh, and a B&B with a warehouse full of clarinets --what a vacation!
Currently 1-loonie ~ 1 $US.
[edited to change Joan Weir to John; sorry about the typo, John]
Bob Phillips
Post Edited (2008-02-23 15:45)
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