Author: donald
Date: 2013-11-07 04:46
I have played the Ridenour C, and despite really WANTING to like it i wasn't really that impressed... I found it quite stuffy. My colleague has used it a number of times in concerts (playing professionally) and likes it, and can play it in tune, but I was not at home on this instrument.
Today I play tested an Amati student C clarinet (wooden bell and barrel, plastic body) and was very impressed. The intonation was not as good as my Buffet Festivals but was quite predictable and never more than 5-8cents either side of 0 on the tuner. Many of the little quirks would be easy to fix (for instance, no need for a 5c difference between throat A and G, and 3rd space C was sharper than the B natural below, which can be addressed a number of ways).
Even without any customisation this clarinet was no worse than the high end pro Buffets I have access to here in Auckland, if tweaked it would easily be better (though, no one has done any tweaking/tuning on the Buffets)
dn
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