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Author: Baz
Date: 2011-03-23 14:25
I have never counted how many clarinets I have till a short time ago, I have 11, a real mixture, Albert System/Boehm System, I play both, different keys, metal etc, etc, I don't want to part with any just now, I'm sure that some of you out there can beat that, lets hear it?
As a jazz player my main instrument is my Pruefer Silver Throat Deluxe I bought as seen for £100, blows up a storm, I have clarinets that cost A LOT more than that but I use the Pruefer, anybody else use a cheap clarinet rather that something more exotic that they own?
Baz
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Author: Chris J
Date: 2011-03-23 14:54
Don't get me started on a collection catalogue!
But in answer to your second question, I have a Leblanc Opus and for a tenth of the price I have a Couesnon Monopole. The Couesnon sees more play.
Chris
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Author: Bobby McClellan
Date: 2011-03-23 20:46
I at one time had 36 Bb clarinets via different makers, key configuations, alberts metals. Then I decided to buy basically what I call a concert set and sold all of the extras off to gather the funding for the purchase of the others.
Bobby
Bobby M. McClellan
Flowood, MS
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Author: Tony M
Date: 2011-03-24 03:19
I'm always amazed at the unexpected ways that this forum helps me. I read the original post this morning and was somewhat relieved that I have never been one for collecting clarinets (don't ask me about guitars). But, reading the posts, I was interested in what people had to say. An hour or so later I had to go to the bank and there is a pawnshop just down the street so I popped in to see if they had any clarinets that were worth looking at and they had just what I wanted.
I keep a Vito Reso-Tone 3 in good condition as a back up but it had a crack in the lower joint. The person who does tech work on my clarinets had said that he didn't want to fix it as it would be cheaper to just get another lower joint when I came across one. That was about a year ago. And, because of the talk of collecting clarinets, I did find one and for about the price of a box of reeds. It was the best thing to happen today. I'd slap a smiley face on the end of this if I knew how.
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Author: Ursa
Date: 2011-03-24 05:07
I have 7 soprano clarinets--two hard rubber, two wooden, two plastic, and a metal.
My main performance instrument is a hard rubber Ridenour Lyrique 576BC, which I expect will be the last B-flat clarinet I'll ever buy.
My favorite alternate horn is a hard rubber Pan American 58N, found in excellent undiscolored condition at a St. Vincent de Paul store for a mere $20. My technician has indicated that it's a rebadged Conn, and after an overhaul it plays shockingly well. It's great for jazz and outdoors gigs.
The wooden and plastic clarinets? They hardly see the light of day anymore. I'll probably sell 'em soon.
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Author: Baz
Date: 2011-03-24 12:22
I remember reading somewhere that Kenny Davern was using a Conn plastic clarinet before passed on, I suppose it could have been hard Rubber.
Baz
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Author: dansil
Date: 2011-03-24 12:55
I'm up to 13 including 2 bass clarinets (1 to low C), 1 metal, 1 Lyrique C, 1 Lyrique 576B, a full Boehm Buffet and the rest wooden Leblanc Bb of varying vintage ranging from a Symphonie III to an Opus II.
I just love all these wonderful instruments, each with their idiosyncrasies. The Lyrique 576B seems a bit bland compared to my wooden horns. The metal (Selmer Raymond) horn has a sweet tone but isn't particularly loud.
Unfortunately my skill level is definitely NOT proportional to the number of clarinets I acquire. No matter! I'm definitely having a ball playing an instrument which I'll never master, but love dearly.
Danny
a family doctor in Castlemaine, rural Victoria, Australia for the past 30+ years, also a plucked string musician (mandolin, classical guitar) for far too long before discovering the clarinet - what a missed opportunity!
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Author: Baz
Date: 2011-03-24 13:33
I just looked this up on the CBB about Kenny Davern, makes me happy as he is a big hero of mine and at one time he played a Pruefer as I do.
I heard him in NJ eight years ago, wailing on the charts with some hard rubber Pruefer that had turned distinctly green with age.
Baz
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2011-03-24 15:07
I have around 17 at the moment, some for sale and some keepers. One of my favourites, and which I'll keep, is a Henkin plastic instrument. It's built like a brick outhouse, has good intonation and tone, highest quality of fit and finish and was bought for $30 a couple of years back.
Tony F.
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Author: Bobby McClellan
Date: 2011-03-26 00:05
When I sold off all of the other Bb sop I purchased a couple to round out the set. What I currently have is
Buffet R13 Bb
Yamaha 34 Bb (first horn I ever owned)
Normandy 5 Bb (trying to sell)
Buffet E11 A
Ridenour Basset A
Woodwind Eb sop
Amati 351 C
Leblanc paris Alto clar
yamaha 221II Bass clarinet
Vito EEb contra
Ridenour BBb contra
Bobby M. McClellan
Flowood, MS
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