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Re: Advice requested on A clarinet purchase

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2017-08-14 04:31

About a year ago, probably longer, I tested pretty much every clarinet made. Even German horns. The Yamaha CSVR A clarinet is by far the best A clarinet I've ever played. They cost about $2800 new. Look for a used one if you can't swing a new one. What struck me the most was the resistance. Or the lack of the resistance. It felt like a Bb clarinet. Next was how in tune it played. Buffet A clarinets are resistant.

The price of the Buffet at $2000 seems about right I guess. But if you compare it to a $2000 CSVR Yamaha you will thank me. I keep getting standing ovations when I play on these horns. You can attack these horns and not worry about the upper registers. Sometimes on Buffet's you go to hit a note and you hit the note above it. Such as the high F or F# may become a high A or something. Or worse a squeak. That fear is gone with the horns I have. Maybe give a CSVR a try or the SEV.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

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