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Re: Helping My Mother Out

Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2018-03-25 19:37

Most music shops will let you try before you buy, and if they won't you shouldn't buy an instrument from them. The Bundy/Vito instruments you mentioned are student level instruments and can easily be found refurbished for under $300 online.

Saying the Centered Tone is "legendary" if kind of misleading as some may interpret that to mean "rare". Buffet, Selmer, Leblanc and other manufacturers all made both excellent and mediocre instruments. The good ones (R13, Centered Tone, Opus...) are the ones players seek out. While The Centered Tone is considered by many to be a great instrument at the end of the day it's just another clarinet that was sold in large quantities. You don't really see to many vintage Bb clarinets selling over $2000 regardless of brand (obviously there are exceptions) because there is still a large supply of these instruments for players to choose from. If someone wants a Centered Tone they usually don't have to search too hard to find one.

-Jdbassplayer

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