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Re: Student Alto Clarinet?

Author: donald
Date: 2020-01-27 11:44

I have a friend who trained making bassoons and bass clarinets so can do all his own repairs. He has in his quiver of clarinets a Vito alto clarinet (I believe the Vito and Yamaha are the same instrument) that he bought and overhauled. While he had the keys off he had them silver plated (as he makes instruments he's often sending in batches of keys etc for plating) before repadding.
Now he has a plastic student instrument with silver keys, and frequently fools other players into thinking it's a pro instrument. It sounds GREAT (probably helps that he can keep the pads sealing himself). I've played it several times and it compares just fine next to the Selmer and Leblanc wooden horns I can compare it to.

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