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Re: Chadash clarients

Author: J. J.
Date: 2010-06-18 00:06

Gene................................just so we're clear, you seem to be of the mind that I'm mis-informed because I happen to disagree with you on these issues. I thought my post was plenty coherent. It might have suffered from being a bit short, but honestly I didn't feel like writing a page-long epistle on why I didn't think they were a good buy. People noted that there wasn't much criticism so I provided it. I stand by my assessment of the instruments in my experience. You may feel differently, but that doesn't make me guilty of trying to "discredit a fine craftsman who consistently produces products of the highest quality......."

I'm sorry, but I'm not going to be much more specific about the instruments I've played or the players who discarded them. I don't have the right to say anything that might identify them and hurt any relationships they may have with Guy himself or any teacher who favors his instruments. My take on the intonation stems from a double-pronged problem of testing the intonation myself and comparing the major difficulties they had playing at a high level with other musicians. I would also note that those playing situations did not involve just other clarinetists, mitigating any implication that it's just a bias towards Buffet intonation tendencies.

I could provide a chart detailing where I think it had issues, but nobody wants to read that and take my opinion on it. That's why I base it off of issues the players themselves had and their happiness after moving on from the clarinets. When I refer to "funky" intonation or it being all over the place, what I mean is that with a good clarinet, you would expect some overall pitch tendencies in different ranges to be at least close. If you take a block of 6 throat tones, you would rather they mostly be low or mostly be high, but not both because this means you have to work harder with voicing. This is what I found with the clarinets. Your experience may differ, but guess what? I was offering my own experience and opinion which, incidentally, was exactly what the original post asked for.

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