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Re: Cheap Eb Saprano Clarinet

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-03-09 00:17

Eb clarinets are a special utility horn. Therefore they are usually only made for professional grade situations. There is nothing particularly "fun" about it. It takes a bit of skill to get around inherent intonation issues (having a lot of alternate fingers and various vent options available at a moments notice).

I would also add a cautionary tale about less expensive Chinese clarinets. A student I know got a Bb one (looked like cocobolo wood; sold for about $300) for Christmas a year ago. At the time it seemed to be a decent made horn, and with a VERY short barrel that I ordered for it, the student got a decent pitch out of it. I ran into this student a week ago to find out that the Chinese clarinet was replaced with a student Yamaha horn. I asked what happened to the erstwhile precious clarinet. I was told that "it was always broken."

Don't do it.

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

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