Author: William
Date: 2011-07-08 14:53
"still good enough for outdoor playing and concert band."
I am bothered by this elitist concept that one should reserve their best efforts and quality of performance for indoor or orchestral events only. If you truely care about music, then you should make every effort to play to the best of your ability with your best equipement at ALL TIMES--not just for those *special* events in socially *approved* ensembles. Personally, I use my pro clarinets--R13's, Prestige bass--regardless of playing with our BJSO (indoors or out) or with our Capitol City Band's Rennebohm Park shelter Thursday evening concert series. The audiences--wheither upper class or elderly nursing home residents--deserve music (classics or pop) played at it's very best, no matter in the concert hall or outdoor park setting.
Clarinets--by the way--are much more durable than a lot of people think. If it is comfortable for you, it is also comfortable for your instruments and any slight temperature difference will not cause damage--nor will direct sunlight. I think that "outdoor" clarinets are unnecessary baggage--use your best and play your best, ALWAYS.
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