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Ridenour Lyrique Libertas

Author: muppie
Date: 2014-02-03 02:44

I finally received the ridenour lyrique libertas clarinet, Tom's newest clarinet. I have just assembled it and started playing with it.

My first impressions

I noticed some excess glue outside the register hole to glue the register tube I suppose, and probably in some other places too. This doesn't affect playability though.

Most notably:
- the register key is higher than the thumb hole. I will need to get used to this or file / shave off the extra padding thing.
- The spring resistance is softer than the Buffet E12F. I'm sure this can be adjusted - but it's easier to just get used to it. It doesn't affect my playing anyway. I just noticed the difference.
- The register key is the same shape as "normal" i.e. the same as Buffet or any other clarinet, and not the funky "ergonomic" register key that I saw for 576BC on youtube.

The bell fits into the lower joint much more loosely than my E12F (my E12F bell is a bit tight). However the lower to upper joint is tigher. Anyway this is probably not important.

I just tried playing it a little bit.. and it feels easier to play and to produce nicer sound than my E12F (remembering that I'm a total beginner). There is a significant difference in the ease of playability. Maybe quite a bit of it is due to the mouthpiece that came with the Lyrique vs the stock MP that came with E12F. I tried the Ridenour MP with the E12F clarinet + barrell, and it does feel easier / sound nicer too.

I'll need more time to compare the subtle sound quality of the two.

Post Edited (2014-02-03 09:43)

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