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Re: Have to buy an A Clarinet...

Author: nellsonic
Date: 2017-11-02 09:18

Here's what I'd do: Use the school's A for as long as you can. In the meantime, keep saving and looking. Unless you can find a great deal on an appropriate used instrument (have your teacher check out anything you find before you buy), I'd go definitely go for the Yamaha CSVR-A if time and funds allow.

As with gwie and Bob, it was the A clarinet that really sealed the deal for me to go with Yamaha at this point. It's great to have a matched set. If you end up with something else it needs to be well enough matched that you can comfortably and happily use the same set-up on both.

If you can't quite get the funds together for that I'd for the Ridenour. I have one as well the Yamaha, and it's a great value. It will make a great back-up instrument for you when you eventually do get the Yamaha. In the long run its really important to have a good A clarinet unless you are not planning on doing anything but playing in bands. It's not just orchestral music that requires an A. Many of the best chamber pieces and a handful of the great solo pieces also call for the A clarinet.

Btw, bad intonation is a deal killer no matter how nicely an instrument might otherwise play.

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