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Re: Selmer HS** and Legere European

Author: fskelley
Date: 2017-02-28 05:51

Klose- perhaps that is so, but I have been unsuccessful. If equipment changes will fix it for me, I'm ready to move on to musical not technical issues. Been ready for a long time. I want to think about the actual music, not reeds or embouchure or such.

Caroline- thanks for that crucial piece of info. So the HS is definitely "old school".

Tony- I totally agree. I had an email exchange with Brad Behn a while back and had considered sending him a 5RVL to work on. Now perhaps instead it will be an HS**. Might be the best place to put $$$, even higher return than paying my way into the July 2017 ClarinetFest just down the road from me.

Right now my main issue with HS**+LE+Arioso is tuning, never been a problem with this clarinet. Throat tones and low E-F are making me work too hard. To me, that's a symptom of the old and new mismatch. What about an old Selmer barrel? Or a Fatboy? Or- as I said- an entire 1950's Selmer clarinet?

Stan in Orlando

EWI 4000S with modifications

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