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Re: plastic to wood

Author: lrooff
Date: 2009-10-10 13:19

For most players, the differences between a wood and plastic clarinet have far more to do with the quality of the instrument and how well it's adjusted. A $3000 clarinet with a leaking pad or bent key will be harder to play and sound worse than a well-adjusted brand-X plastic student instrument until it's fixed. (And, if you go through the archives here, you'll discover that there are many professionals who consider Tom Ridenour's hard-rubber Lyrique clarinets to be as good as or better than the best wooden clarinets.)

Yamaha makes good instruments -- they were in the music business long before they ever thought of making motorcycles -- and the most important thing is to have your new instrument carefully adjusted and set up by the store before you accept delivery. And if it doesn't play as well as or better than your old instrument, keep on them to adjust it so it does.

Post Edited (2009-10-10 13:20)

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