Author: Djudy
Date: 2019-10-17 03:53
In a nutshell !! Thank you both Karl and Paul, for sharing these informations and experiences with me, they are exactly what I hoped for and have given me lots to reflect upon. Bob, so glad this made you smile !
I was prompted to post my original question because while I do not have access to these two instruments, I do have several others and have been continually amazed at the differences to be experienced in playing them. I too wanted to sound just like Benny Goodman when I first & recently encountered the clarinet (and still do, although it’s fast become clear there’s no danger of that!). I thought I had found the Grail when I had the privilege to select my Selmer P series Centered Tone (lovely tone, a dream to play) from among more than a dozen of prime examples of Bts, Cts & 9s from a private collection, and I played happily along, until one day, on a whim (bad case of C.A.S., probably due to previous bouts of the closely related G.A.S. contracted playing jazz guitar), I purchased for a token price a set of Marigaux Bb & A clarinets and blam ! It just turned my thinking around with the sweet tone and ‘ringing’ quality of the notes (for the Bb, the A is not yet overhauled). The Marigaux is not perfect but it’s been enough to move me in a new direction, and so my musings about the above-cited instruments.
So once again thank you both so much for your generosity in sharing this all with me. Very good suggestion Karl , I think the thing I need to do before I go any further is stop in at the local BC rep and try the recent R13, maybe a few others, to form a better sound picture of their characters. I haven’t been back there for a while. I got my E13 from them, a very nice horn for the money says my teacher in frustration over his beautiful Tosca that cracked after 2 years of international professional playing; he’s got a Greenline now. That and the difference in wood density between my oldest Selmer (N°9XX) with my E13 (flagrant in the bell) plus the prices (!) had put me off the idea of ever looking at recent instruments again. I don't play the E13 anymore, I'd kinda' got to thinking that I was a Selmer/Silver King type. But I’m sure the experience will help.
I’m planning to get my flu shot next week but I hope they never find a vaccine for C.A.S.
Cheers all !
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