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 Re: A clarinet harder to play than Bb
Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date:   2014-04-21 16:21

My Buffet R13 Bb (1973) and A (1977) clarinets weren't manufactured as a pair but they function as a pair. I've given each one its own Vandoren B45 mouthpiece. They play so much alike that I've caught myself absent-mindedly forgetting to switch clarinets and playing in the wrong key when I'm practicing. (I have relative pitch, not absolute pitch.)

I'm an amateur and I don't play in public, but I can easily imagine myself coming in half a tone out from the rest of the orchestra! -- and then having to transpose on the fly until I got a long enough rest to switch. Duh.

My Bb Buffet from 1937 and A from 1931 also play alike as long as I use the same mouthpiece on them. The clarinets in A are longer and a tad heavier, of course, but that size difference isn't always enough to hit the "Doofus!" switch in my brain.

Lelia
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