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Re: Need an advice

Author: MSK
Date: 2013-11-06 01:05

I am a clarinet player and also the parent of a fairly talented seventh grade clarinet student. I had the opportunity to purchase a high end intermediate wood clarinet dirt cheap and bought it for my son's future use. Presently he uses the plastic student model for marching and at school for the reasons listed above. He uses the good wood clarinet to practice at home. I do let him take it to school for indoor concerts. When he is older the good clarinet can go to school more regularly.

Don't even think of letting him march with anything other than a cheap plastic clarinet. Aside from the risk of wood cracking, there is the risk of the clarinet falling off the bleachers or onto the pavement.

Having chaperoned the middle school band kids, I definitely don't trust the good clarinet at school. Even if my kid is responsible, one never knows what the others will do. The other concern is that in the hurry to make it to the next class on time, the kids don't always swab the instrument carefully. That won't cause permanent damage the the body of a plastic instrument but will harm a wooden one with time.

Regarding instrument weight and tone hole size with the smaller player: my son is very small for his age (4' 8" & 77 lbs) and he has no trouble playing either his Evette & Schaeffer or my personal Buffet R13

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