Author: donald
Date: 2010-02-18 08:29
Kia ora
Today I spent 45min in a music shop comparing several clarinets on behalf of a student who was considering an E11 and wanted advice on other models in the same price range. I had my Buffet Festival (overhauled with Cork and Valentino) on the ready for comparison.
Two of the clarinets i tried out were Backun/Bliss models- one the "all plastic" model, and one the "all wood" model. I was stunned by how good the plastic one was compared to student clarinets in the same price range. It was, as noted above, very free blowing (this was also noted by another pro musician who happened to be in the store at the time) with a very even tone and resistance. The intonation was very good compared to professional clarinets, and far superior to instruments in the "budget range" only a few hundred dollars cheaper.
If i was stuck on a desert island and this was my only clarinet, it certainly wouldn't be the end of the world. I felt that for it's price it offered great value for money, and a student learning on this instrument would definitely have an advantage over students playing the majority of student instruments i encounter on a daily basis.
dn
ps the Bliss wooden clarinet, at nearly twice the price the plastic one, seemed to draw even with the Schreiber wooden clarinet that was in a similar price range. The Schreiber, with a wrap around register key, really impressed me with the even sound and response between throat B flat and middle line B.
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