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Re: Recomendations for a new Clarinet

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2020-03-10 20:00

Greetings! I guess you might want to stay with Yamaha's and you can use the 450 as a backup. A backup horn is always needed even if you might travel somewhere the 450 is a good horn to use.

I've played most of the Yamaha's including the saxophone line. I think the SEVR might the the best sound. The Custom mouthpieces that come with the pro models also help this. But these have a very open tip so maybe have someone reface this and bring the tip opening down to something playable and reed friendly. These are very good mouthpieces.

You might want to listen to some youtube videos and see if you like the sound of the SEVR. I play on the CSVR models because the bore is a shade smaller.

If you want to get away from Yamaha the Selmer's cost more, but they tend to sound warmer as well.

You can listen to some of the recent Chicago Symphony recordings. The principal player Steve uses Selmer Signature's, the assistant principal John is using the Yamaha CSVR's, one of the players Greg is on an older 1960's vintage Buffet's. So you can check out the whole section and pick your favorite sound. Steve and John are using Vandoren mouthpieces I think and Vandoren reeds. Greg I think is using his own line of mouthpieces, probably from a Zinner. I'm not positive with their recent setup's, if any of the players have made any changes.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

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