Author: Speculator Sam
Date: 2018-04-29 10:55
The audio, although I have typical dollar store headphones and not studio quality headphones, seems to me like each clarinet had it's on timbral quirk (a little brighter, rounder, darker, etc.) but more or less sounded the same. Overall they sounded like a generally good clarinet sound. It proves that the player's chops, reed, mouthpiece, and ligature set-up are more determinate of the sound than the instrument itself.
That's an interesting observation there about matching the cold brass section's intonation. For orchestra, where the majority, actually most all, woodwinds are wooden instruments. That makes much sense for blending reasons. For outdoor gigs, bar/casual gigs, or Christmas caroling, etc. I'm wondering if metal holds up better than a composite clarinet.
Part of me wants to support my local merchants and buy the Selmer 1400B that's been sitting on their shelf for five years, but if I can find a metal instrument that's equivalent or better than an intermediate clarinet for much cheaper, then I think I'd rather have that. That, and metal is part of clarinet history, so it's nostalgic.
Although, you can't really beef a metal clarinet up with aftermarket parts like Backun or Behn barrels and Bells... I'm over-thinking/getting off topic at this point.
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