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Re: Yamaha CSG powerful enough?

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2018-03-13 22:50

I've heard many concerts given by a woodwind group composed of professors at a local college. In the group one clarinetist plays a CSG and the other (his wife) plays a Buffet R13. They both project well. Sitting in the last row, I can easily hear them both. The difference is in the quality of the tone. The CSG is more covered and wider, perhaps a little heavier. The Buffet is more concentrated and livelier. The adjective "opaque" seems to apply to the CSG and the adjective "transparent" applies to the Buffet. I think the same is true in an orchestra. They both project but do not have the same coloration. To my ears, the CSG puts puts out a broader sound, but the Buffet, though narrower in sound is also deeper.

I find the duet in this Youtube performance interesting. Nicholas Cox is playing a CSG and the other player is playing a Selmer (not sure if it is a Signature or a Privilege). I'd say Cox projects quite well.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Clarinet+Duets+Richard+Robert+Bennett.

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