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 Re: The new Uebel Boehm clarinets
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2016-02-17 20:33

I had a good play test on an Uebel Emperior bass at Dawkes yesterday and was super impressed with it. I didn't have my mouthpiece but used the stock plastic mouthpiece with a Rico Royal 3 and it played effortlessly.

Only thing I wasn't overly happy about was they don't have the adjusting screws for the long Bb and the speaker mechanism linkage to the RH3 fingerplate, but the keywork is otherwise identical to the Buffet Prestige. It was set up very well (better than Buffet) and they used much better materials than Buffet for the linkages using natural cork instead of that dreadful synthetic foam stuff Buffet have been using for ages.

Although the spring tension was set firmer than on Buffets, it wasn't hard work under the fingers and that can be addressed easily enough should anyone want the action lightened up.

Not sure about all the engraving on the bell, but that's only a cosmetic thing. The bell bow has a far more aesthetically pleasing curve to it instead of being flattened out with sharper bends as it is on Buffets.

Had I known they had one in stock, I'd have taken my Prestige bass to do a side-by-side comparison. But it played as expected and didn't seem to be all that different to my Buffet. I also found the upper register F# could be staccato tongued much easier than on my Buffet, but that could be down to the mouthpiece/reed combo I used.

And with the Uebel Emperior being around £1300 less than the Buffet Prestige (£5530 against Buffet's £6853), a little bit less than the Yamaha YCL-622II (£5682) and far less than the Buffet Tosca (£8081) and Selmer Privilege (£8875), I'd definitely recommend it to anyone wanting a pro level low C bass for under £6000 with very easy going keywork.

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