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Good scale

Author: EaubeauHorn
Date: 2015-05-10 23:09

I'm once again hacking away at learning a new instrument, this time clarinet. I had rented at different times a couple of Yamaha 250 (255?) models....one had a reasonably good scale and the other not so good, despite being the same model. Both went back, for various reasons. However a friend sent me a 1950s Bundy plastic clarinet to mess with, and I bought a Fobes Debut mouthpiece, which made quite a difference. To my ear, it has a very good scale. Next Christmas time when the sales are on, if I am still at it, I'd like to upgrade to what a decent amateur would play. My problem is that I see comments about a scale that is "good enough for a student or amateur" as if they did not need, even more than a professional, an instrument that plays in tune without having to do extreme gyrations. So the question is a bit of two questions.....what models have a reputation for an excellent scale (I am professional on other instruments and a good scale is an absolute must for me or I can't stand to play it) and why would an instrument that is supposed to be initial training for a player NOT have the best possible scale designed into it? Why train young musicians to hear a bad scale as correct?

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