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Jumping around on horns

Author: Kride
Date: 2010-07-10 20:34

I started Clarinet 2 year ago (after playing sax for 30 years) to help a student of mine double. So I picked up an old Yamaha off of ebay for 50 bucks and did that. Then the bug got me, I find myself playing clarinet for over an hour a day (cuts into my sax time needless to say) and I can't seem to put it down. So, I bought a Bliss Leblanc from Kessler in Vegas for 700 and that was alot easier than the Yamaha so that was good for awhile. Then I saw a Cnet on Craigslist Yamaha 34 that was wood so I ran over and it sounded alot better than the bliss so I bought that. Now, last week I was getting my Mk 6 repaired at a repair shop and had a chance to play an old Conn Director Cnet. It wasn't as slick as the Yamaha for ergos but it has a better tone so there goes another 200. If I had a student on sax doing this piecemeal approach I'd tell him to sell all the low end horns and buy an older Buffet or Selmer C10. Anyway, I really like the tone on this Conn but it is alot more out of tune than the Yamaha. I'm just wondering if I should fight it out with the Conn and enjoy the sound/tone even if I can't get around the horn as well. Oh, yeah mouthieces. I went throught Van B45, Portnoy 1, Portnoy2, and now play a Clark Fobes CF + although I'm tempted to try out a Vandoran B5 which I used to trial this clarinet. I';m sure some of you guys have experience along these lines. Info appreciated. I am taking lessons from a pro who isn't into equipment so he just says Hmmm at the lessons and we go on to the work. thanks , I am really digging cnet even with the problems. I have been playing duets with a friend out of the Hite book, (Mozart, Crusell, Haydn) and thats a hoot. K

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