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Re: New Clarinet Question

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-10-21 21:36

By 'flatness,' are you referring to pitch as measured by a tuner in the room with you when you tried the horn? If so, is the pitch immediately back where you are used to it when you put your mouthpiece back on your horn?

"Break-in" refers mainly to getting the horn used to being exposed the condensation down the bore and the associated expansion and contraction of the wood. I never experienced any perceptible change in pitch or response after you've played on a horn for awhile. This is why you have to be happy with the horn BEFORE you purchase it. That said, some are not set up great (poor pads, some sealing issues, maladjusted corks). So if you are pretty good at determining what is going on with some existing issues, you can guesstimate how the horn will respond once those things are fixed.

Yamaha CSVR, CSG and SEV (brightest of the three) are also worth trying if you really like the Buffet R13. I used to be really bullish on the Uebels but their overall pitch is lower than just a few years ago.....very disappointing.

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

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