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Equipment in High School

Author: Majestas
Date: 2014-07-31 05:38

I am the first clarinet in my school's wind ensemble. The next few people behind me have wooden clarinets. My teacher hasn't said it specifically to me, but I think she kind of wants me to have a wooden clarinet. I cannot really afford a wooden clarinet. I got a M30D mouthpiece with Vandoen v12 (strength 3.5) to improve my tone. My teacher recommends a B45 mouthpiece, but I didn't find it helped me as much. Anyway, here is my questions:

1) Is there anything else I can do to improve my tone without it being overly expensive?

2) I am looking into wooden clarinets and the most inexpensive one I can find is the Jupiter 737NTO Intermediate Bb Clarinet. Is it any good?

Side note: The clarinet I do have, I have had for 7 years. I have only had 3 pads changed since I got it and some of the pads seem to be sort of fraying. Should I get maintenance on it?

Post Edited (2014-07-31 05:43)

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