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Re: Ricardo no longer with Backun?

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-09-11 20:42

Dear "dorjepismo,"

I have to ask, do you have a Josef? I always enjoy a good "re-envisioning" of something we usually take for granted. Do they tune more evenly? Is the playing characteristic more German (very even internal pitch and less resistant)?

Dear "bbillings,"

Oh, well my personal horns are currently a pair of Yamaha CSGs and I don't necessarily have a problem with them at all. Of course I look for "better" all the time. My dalliance with Uebel was over a long period of time and the tendency of the pitch these days is a sad turn for me, playing quite LOW (what I had noticed across two contemporary Superiors and an Advantage).

Of course I have also spent two years changing up my reeds (gone to Legere) and mouthpiece (much shorter lay), as well as moving to an "easier" set up. So it is a little hard for me to definitively lay all the "blame" squarely on Uebel (which I still consider a well made horn).

One of my major requirement is a key plating that will be resistant to my particularly acidic sweat. This is why gold plating is the most desirable option. To get this option factory manufactured one usually has to order this as a custom product, and then you must take delivery of your custom clarinet......whether you are in love with it or not.

[The advantage to having this done upon initial fabrication is that the gold plating is then applied to the bare metal key......far more desirable. Of course you can retrofit this process by having keys of your favorite clarinet stripped down to bare metal. However, you then may have to build some parts of the keys back up, and most certainly have to refit the keys to their respective posts where the dimensions will have necessarily changed in this process]

Therefore, I hoped to find a consistently built horn on which to "roll the dice" on a custom order. Uebel, until recently seemed to be the way to go since they already have two gold plating options on factory built horns. However, with the consistently good results of pitch and quality of build I had witnessed with Greenline R13s over the course of the last ten years, I think this will be the best option ............ for me.

I do really like the photo of smiling Morales in front of the Uebel facility though! I sincerely hope he has found his "solution"......for awhile.

..............Paul Aviles

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