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 Re: Affordable C Clarinets Amati vs Forte
Author: clarnibass 
Date:   2011-03-10 04:40

I own a Forte and played a couple of Amatis. One of the Amatis I've tried seemed (looked and played) identical to the Forte.

In short, I wanted a C clarinet, I had good service from Doctor's Products and liked some of his products so bought a Forte. I was disappointed with its build quality and intoantion. In retrospect I probably wouldn't buy it, because of those issues. Tone is good for most of the range and not so great (a little stuffy) for some of the range. The identical looking Amati I've tried had the same issues pretty much.

Sorry, but to be up front, another disappointment was the reviews I read on this forum. So many praises, almost no mention of the many issues I found with this clarinet. Maybe some players are fine with the issues or don't notice them, I don't know. I considered that others don't have the issues but since I tried the identical Amati I don't think so.

I can add that I had one issue with the clarinet that needed to be solved and for several reasons (e.g. I'm not in USA) it was a bit tricky. Omar's customer service was excellent and gave a completely satisfying solution.

I have a very detailed review of this clarinet in a Word document file and if you are interested I can email it to you.



Post Edited (2011-03-10 04:43)
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