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Re: Cheap Eb Saprano Clarinet

Author: Roxann
Date: 2019-03-10 22:38

https://www.musicalinstrumentcity.com/index.php/noblet-45-eb-wood-soprano-clarinet-ser-898459-detail

I own this exact Eefer. I bought it from Clarinets Direct out of England. It's an intermediate level clarinet and plays very well in tune and Clarinets Direct was a pleasure to work with. It's taken awhile to really feel comfortable playing it, but love doing so. There are some drawbacks with ordering from out of the country. One of them being humidity. If you buy an instrument used to a high humidity and you live in the desert, there could be some cracking issues....and visa versa. I've been lucky and not experienced this. Another "surprise" is the bill you will get from US customs a few months later. You have to pay a tax on it. Clarinets Direct has at least 2 Eb's for sale right now. Oh, and a third thing to keep in mind is bore. I was told the bore of foreign clarinets can be quite different from ours here...again, I lucked out! (I think the Boosey & Hawks brand has this issue if I recall correctly.)

Best of luck! Don't give up on your desire to play an Eb...they're a kick. But don't buy "cheap!"

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