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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2011-10-07 19:14
Jack dons his flame-retardant underwear.
Here's a rule of thumb I just invented. If you take your playing seriously, never make a Bb soprano clarinet that's considerably older than you are your main horn (unless it's a Buffet R13 from 1960 or later or you are a (professional) jazz, klezmer or ethnic clarinetist who wants a big bore instrument or an Albert system. Based on that "rule," Mackenzie, I would recommend you try to find an instrument manufactured 1990 or later and certainly not before 1980. I would also recommend you look for something with a mainstream design.
For the above reasons, I have to disagree with a number of the models Steve has recommended. On his list, I consider the following clarinets too old/idiosyncratic if you plan to continue playing into and perhaps beyond college (though most of these might be adequate for an adult amateur who plays recreationally in a community band):
Leblanc: Dynamique/Dynamic/Dynamic II/Dynamic H/Pete Fountain/Big Easy (all pretty much the same clarinet), LL.
I really can't get excited about the L7,L27,L70, L200,L300, or LX2000, either. Not that they are bad clarinets. Just that, with $1,000 to spend, you should be able to do much better. If I were you, I wouldn't look at any Leblanc made prior to the Concerto and Opus. IMO, those models finally made Leblanc competitive with Buffet and Selmer.
Selmer Paris: Centered Tone, Series 9 For Selmer, I wouldn't look at anything prior to an S10.
Marigaux (unless you find one produced during the last couple of years the company made clarinets. These do not include the King Marigaux though I will agree the one Vytas has for sale looks beautiful.
Boosey & Hawkes: Edgware (a student model!), 2-20, 4-20, 8-10. (I don't think any of these are enough improvement over your C100 to warrant making them your next step. Personally, I think you are on the wrong side of the pond to look at any Boosey and Hawkes clarinet.)
MOO,
jnk
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