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Re: budget eefer choices

Author: John Peacock
Date: 2017-04-13 01:18

I'd advise against the Amati, although I'm sorry to have to say this. I bought one of their C clarinets, and I thought it was terrific: well made and generally really well in tune - hugely better in terms of tuning in particular than a Buffet E11 C costing twice as much, which I also tried out. So after that positive experience, I thought it would be a no-brainer to get one of their Eb's. But the result was a total disappointment: the tuning was appalling, and way beyond what you could lip into adjustment. To be fair, the biggest problems weren't in altissimo, which is the most mission-critical part of the range; but the lowest register was so sharp I'd swear some notes were a whole semitone out. I know you have to expect to work a bit more on the tuning of an Eb between registers, but other instruments I've played weren't anything like this bad - so it went back.

I haven't played a Noblet Eb, but I did play one of their C's and found it pretty good (although I prefer the Amati C). But it sounds like you're thinking of getting a new instrument? For $2000 I'd have thought you could pick up an older used Leblanc or even a Selmer, and this would probably be a better option.

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