Author: Sharpi
Date: 2019-03-15 20:53
Thanks for your advice Mr Jarczyk on private lessons. I had considered it but waited until his training for black belt was over. Now that it is finished and that goal has been achieved, I will look into private lessons.
I’m not quite ready to let go of the “old soldier” because it still plays nicely. There is definitely an ease that this clarinet has, that the cheap plastic one does not. The tone is richer (of course) and his playing is better.
I did switch him to a 3 reed and that also improved things on both instruments.
The original tech told me it was a great horn in great shape. I have to say as a metalsmith, I am not a fan of the nickel keys, a lot of work for such little shine.
I enjoyed playing with the B12. I found it very interesting, and really just want to finish what I started. It had pad rot when I picked it up for cheap, so there is no real loss there. It’s a German made Evette Shrieber , not exactly a B12 but for the sake of explaining the story, I called it a B12. If I’m not mistaken (which I very well could be) its the equivalent of a B12. As a Metalsmith I was given copper to use before I moved up to precious metals. Copper didn’t cost a few hundred dollars.
As I stated earlier. I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I got the E&S thinking it was a good horn. When all is said and done, I realize I could have gotten a really good one from the start had I only asked before said mistakes. I have no choice but to move forward with what I have and possibly rent to own a new plastic model.
Post Edited (2019-03-15 21:01)
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