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Re: Clarinet Buying Woes

Author: NB
Date: 2014-11-06 03:48

>I doubt there was a much difference in tone ... the plastic, in double blind tests, may have even subjectively fared better than wood

Of plastic and hard rubber clarinets that I played, their tone quality, especially, at louder dynamic was noticeably worse (more poor) than that of a wooden instrument. It's just not as colorful as grenadilla.

Yes, it is possible that listeners do not hear the difference, especially if they are not clarinet players themselves. But a clarinet player when playing himself can always hear the difference between plastic and wood. And finally this is why performers seek for better instruments, the listeners could be satisfied with much less sophisticated set up.

A plastic Yamaha in hands of a professional can be used in opera performances with a great success (and I know at least one such example when a famous clarinetist used YCL-250 for an opera rehearsal due to his main instrument being in repair service).

But still professionals do not usually play plastic instruments.

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