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Author: Amanda Rose
Date: 2001-02-27 20:06
Okay. I'm just curious. I recently bought an R-13. I tried like 10 R-13s and 5 Festivals. I ended up not liking the R-13s. Is that weird? The extra key would be nice (I've had instances where you have to slide), but I couldn't get the sound quality out of the Festival.
I know some people love the Festivals. So, what is the difference? Is the bore size the same? I know the wood isn't stained on the Festivals, but that's all I can remember. It's stained on the R-13s isn't it?
How different is the Festival from the R-13?
Amanda Rose
(Out of curiosity, do they make auxillary Eb levers that you can have put on clarinets? I don't know how they work, but it seems like it would be possible.)
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-02-27 20:07
Amanda, do a search here on Festival. I know I put the differences <i>somewhere</i> here. The changes had mostly to do with thumbhole / register vent / a couple of tonehomes / undercutting.
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Author: Ginny
Date: 2001-02-27 20:14
I have a Festival and my son just got a used R-13. When I bought the Festival I tried clarinets for hours on different days. I very much prefered the Festivals and got the one I liked the best (I had three to choose from, lucky me.)
I just got my son a used R-13, from another Sneezer (Sneezyite?) and I think I like its tone just a tiny bit better than my horn's! (Thanks Bob! how are Angel and Alpha Dog anyway?)
The eb key is nice though. I believe the individual horns vary more than R-13 v Festivals, but I prefered all of the Festivals I tried to any of the half dozen R-13s I tried when I bought mine. Just play a bunch of horns a pick the best.
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Author: Pat
Date: 2001-02-27 20:21
THe one thing that is different about the festival clarinet is the higher register key location. It brings up the left hand twelfths up. I don't play on a festival, but I had Guy Chadish move my register key up to that location. It helped out a lot with my tunning all around including the higher notes. Now i have to raise my tongue a little more when playing in the higher notes, but it doesn't bother me as much Also my horn played more focused and I got the resitance when i got it moved up.
I liked the festival when I tried it out. It has very nice sound and I guess that extra e flat key is good. I know on the schools bass clarinet i am playing on, the extra e flat key i use is good at times, but i also know if i use it too much, my left hand starts to hurt. I don't think it would be the same same kindof pain on a festival considering it is a smaller instrument.
Good luck with your new horn.
pat
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2001-03-01 03:47
I recommend R-13 selected by Greg Smith and customized by a famous
customize, which is sold via International Musical Supplier(its owner is herself
clarinetist). If I were to have money, I would buy one definitely.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2001-03-01 03:50
I recommend R-13 selected by Greg Smith and customized by a famous
customizer(Brannen), which is sold via International Musical Supplier(its owner is herself clarinetist). If I were to have money, I would buy one definitely.
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2001-03-01 11:40
Festivals have a larger bore size than r 13's. The r 13 prestige has the same tenon rings as the festival and I believe it is also available with the left hand g#/d# extra key.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-03-01 13:36
Mark Pinner wrote:
> Festivals have a larger bore size than r 13's.
Can you give me a reference for that? I have a posting, http://www.sneezy.org/Databases/Logs/1999/07/001212.txt, where Francois Kloc talks of the entry cones of the R13, RC, Festival and Prestiges being 14.64 mm. Perhaps there's a widening somewhere else that you're talking about? Or perhaps Francois was mistaken?
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Author: Daniel Bouwmeester
Date: 2001-03-05 12:12
Amanda,
Festival is not better or worst than R13. They are two different instruments. The bore is different, and the length too.
Some people prefer R13, some prefer Festival. It's a question of personal taste. Some people prefer rice to pasta. It's the same.
When I got my clarinets, I went to the buffet factory and tried everything. I went for RC standard, though I could afford more expensive models. My RC's are the instruments I like the most.
If you prefer Festival to R13, then YOu should sell your R13 and buy a festival.
If it's just for the extra keys, any good woodwind technician can sort this out. THe important is the tube not the keys. Keys are always customizable. First find a good tube, then adjust the keys like you want.
Regards
Daniel
Switzerland
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