Author: GenEric
Date: 2017-08-21 09:38
In my high school, it's very common for students to buy a new student horn for middle school and then use the instrument as a marching instrument and I did the same thing too. If I were to start over again, I would have found an instrument on ebay.
I've done some REALLY stupid stuff with my instrument. I've dropped it plenty of times, polished my instrument so many times to the point where I misaligned a trill key (clean the sunscreen from band camp :P). There are several Yamahas online that seem pretty promising. However, if I was starting band and heard that I was going to get a used instrument, I'd be pretty discouraged.
There really is no black and white answer. I would ask what other band parents are doing and I would ask some older members what they did.
*edit: just read that you have another horn. I guess a good long term plan is to get a used student horn, (to answer your question, I would get the yamaha, Had a classmate who played on a Jupiter. They played nearly identical but I liked the Yamaha's key arrangement and case. so tiny :D ), and once she gets comfortable with playing/maintaining the clarinet, I would give the horn to her. If she does switch to sax, just sell the clarinet again.
Post Edited (2017-08-21 09:50)
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