Author: Ursa
Date: 2011-09-25 22:41
"Pan American -- the lowest. The "propellor wood" instruments, with a blond, striped surface, are particularly bad."
For the record, some Pan American clarinets are decent. I have a 58N in hard rubber that's particularly nice for jazz and big band.
The propeller wood Pan American clarinets and oboes, however, are at best considered historical oddities. I, for one, have no use for a clarinet made of a material that tends to disintegrate over time.
In this day and age, however, decent unrestored wooden clarinets from Noblet, Normandy, and Selmer Signet are plentiful and available for well under US$100. Why mess around with the questionable makers when these instruments are so readily available?
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