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Author: GenEric
Date: 2017-07-20 08:46
Currently playing on a Noblissima (student model of Lyrique 576). Had my teacher play it and she said it was VERY resistant and has a metallic sound at the line 5 f. If anyone that has a ridenour clarinet, do they have probelsm similar to mine and are there ways to fix it?
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Author: Ursa
Date: 2017-07-21 09:39
Eric, the first thing I'd do is contact Ridenour Clarinet Products about your concerns. They've promptly addressed any questions I've had over the several years that I've owned RCP equipment.
The 576 is a resistant instrument. This is a design feature of the instrument. If you do some poking around on the RCP website, you'll find articles which concisely explain how and why this is so. I had to go on a bit of a mouthpiece safari to find models which compliment the working resistance of my 576BC instead of struggling against it. You may need to do the same. It's worth the effort.
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Author: Adrian_B-flat
Date: 2017-07-24 00:49
I haven't noticed a "metallic" sound on any note never mind the line-F but I'll listen for it the next time I play. I've noticed the resistance compared to my YCL34 but got used to it.
Then again, I'm a bit of a rube/caveman when it comes to hearing the quality of sound when I'm the one playing. E.g. I can hear a really good player playing a premium instrument and know I'm hearing a really good sound but I can't seem to hear it from myself. I also dot know for sure that I hear some of the nuance people say they hear (e.g.when people have the R13 vs "whatever" argument of when people talk about "play up to 20 R13s and pick the one that sounds the best!" - I have little clue what they're talking about.
Maybe you could have your teacher record playing line-F on the Noblissima and on a clarinet that sounds right and post it. I can try to compare to my own sound on my clarinets and tell if I hear it.
Having said that, does anyone have or do a tutorial of the terms people use when describing the sounds made on the clarinet and compare them to how they SHOULD sound? I feel like the wine novice who have no idea what aficionados are talking about when they describe a wine and why one is better than the other.
Sorry for the tangent! Bringing it back to topic, I'll try compare g line-F on my clarinet and let you know if I hear a difference.
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