Author: ebonite
Date: 2015-05-23 20:44
The 1010s varied a lot from one instrument to the next, like many other models of clarinet. The good ones were really good, but the bad ones could be pretty awful. It sounds like Clarineteer got a good one.
I had always used 1010s, but a few years ago I switched to French polycylindrical instruments (I now use a Leblanc Opus set). But sometimes I get out my 1010s, and I notice some advantages and disadvantages of both types. For example, with the 1010s, I don't feel any extra resistance moving from throat A to the B above, nor when I move from high clarion C to the D above. Also, playing in the altissimo is easier (for me) on 1010s than on French instruments. You don't need to vent any of the notes, and also it's very easy to play G using the same fingering as high clarion B, and F-sharp using the same fingering as clarion Bb. Those notes just pop out. And as Chris P said, the acton vent makes it easier to play Eb. This all makes it easy to play music that uses the altissimo a lot, like solo clarinet parts in concert bands. On the other hand, the intonation is easier to keep under control on the French instruments. The 1010s had a tendency for short twelfths around low A to clarion E, up to about low C to clarion G. The low register in that range can be quite sharp at quiet dynamics, and sometimes the twelfth above can be a bit flat as well.
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