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Re: Buffet/Selmer/Backun alternatives

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-08-01 20:19

I second the praise of the Patricola Artista clarinets. I have been looking for the most reasonable price for a clarinet with gold plated keys (gold does not oxidize and I have particularly acidic sweat) and Patricola fits the bill perfectly at just over $5000 US dollars.

I played my R13 Greenline first in the space to see what the sound and feel of my playing was doing in the moment. Then I switched to the Artista expecting it to at least hold up. I was blown away by the added volume and resonance. There was literally a noticeable sound bouncing off a nearby wall. Of course in a "ballroom" type setting with lots of noise going on there is really no chance to do any fine listening or tuning evaluation with a tuner (which I had but didn't use). I could tell that the scale was very smooth and at least was well within the ballpark (I just have relative pitch to work with).

I would be very VERY interested in buying one (or two) of these in the near future!

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

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