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Re: Thoughts on Selmer Clarinets?

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2017-12-12 22:43

i've tried all of the Selmers and most of the Buffets. The Selmer Signature is very nice. The Recital model is to heavy and dark. I think The principal player with the Chicago Sym is using the Signatures and he sound very good. Steve.

I'm personally upset with Buffet. I think the Yamaha CSVR clarinets blow away pretty much anything Buffet has right now. At one point Yamaha was not a leader in the clarinet world as far as the best horns on the market. They are now. I think they may be the best professional horns on the market. You don't have to try out very many. Maybe 2 or 3. Then play a concert that night. They aren't toys. They are beasts. If you like the Selmers try the larger bore SEVR Yamaha's.

I've said this before. The Yamaha "A" clarinet plays like a Bb, meaning there is so little resistance. It is by far the best A clarinet on the market today. I just got back from a 6 day tour up in upstate California and the horn was amazing.

I did make 2 mouthpiece facing changes this year as a double lip player and on the Buffet's I was at 1.03. Then I went to about 1.05 to 1.06. But I made a huge jump to 1.13 with narrower rails and suddenly the horns opened up. OMG! It became a whole new world. I'm still playing a Steuer 3 1/2 reed most of the time, which is really a Vandoren reed, because the head guy at Vandoren for 40 years, Marc, left and went over to Steuer. The cane is excellent. You get around 7 to 8 reeds per box to play. Even playing with a double lip, 1.13 remains comfortable, once the reeds settle down.

Before Buying the Selmers please play test these 2 Yamaha's.

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

Yamaha Artist 2015

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