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Re: Student Clarinet for an Adult

Author: Susanne
Date: 2016-01-29 05:09

Hi Greg.

I am now the proud owner of a 7214!! Thank-you thank-you kind sir for your help, I really appreciate it. You've saved me hundreds of dollars :-) And your last email was perfectly timed as the auction for the Clarinet ended today. So all in all an excellent plan! I've been researching Clarinets for about 2 months, now I can get to the fun part of learning, i've wanted to play the Clarinet for years.

I have seen a 1967 Noblet 40 come up and it looks really tidy (though that is from a novice perspective) the wood looks to be in much better condition than the Normandy. Though I think I will follow your advice and go for a Noblet 45, I really like the sound of the hand finishing and being able to easily switch between the 45 and the 7214. Being a beginner at this stage, i'll wait till i'm more at an intermediate level and a 45 comes available. I imagine the two will coincide. I recently saw a youtube clip of someone playing a Normandy and it really does have a lovely warm sound to it. I imagine a 45 would be even better.

I've played a lot of Jazz over the years and really like the mix of Clarinet/Jazz, it will take me awhile to get fluid enough on the Clarinet to be able to get the percussive type accenting without squawking! I will persevere :-)

Hopefully I get my new Clarinet on Monday, i'll see how I go with it and might go and buy a new mouthpiece if I find the current one difficult. Finding easy and interesting music to play, other than baa baa black sheep, is also high on my agenda.

Kindest Regards
Susanne

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