Author: seabreeze
Date: 2017-03-15 20:42
I would just tell your teacher to open up her eyes. All over Texas and Michigan since the late 1950's, top high school players have been using Buffet R-13s with great success, winning solo contests, playing in top school bands and orchestras. The R-13 is not a Tosca or a heavy Selmer Recital. It is really very easy to balance in your hands, blow, and control. Even Tom Ridenour, no great fan of Buffet, admits that the R-13 is a "responsive" instrument. The problem is getting a really good R13. If you are buying a new instrument, it might be easier to find a good one if you tried the less-expensive Yamaha CSVR, a wonderful choice for a top high school player, also easy to control and more consistently likely to have a balanced scale and accurate tuning right out of the box.
If you can pick out a good R13, virtually any hard working, accomplished high school clarinetist should be able to play it easily. Thousands of others already have.
Post Edited (2017-03-16 02:40)
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