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Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2021-01-16 21:36
About clarinets - from my experience I would say the important thing is to find just about any clarinet that is affordable (your Jupiter is probably perfect) and get it serviced by a really top notch technician to get you started.
There is a guy called David Fingerhut (https://davidfingerhut.co.uk/) who does a really smashing job, and that will get you off to a brilliant start. Clarinets that leak even slightly under the pads are just a nightmare to play so getting it set up really well is extremely important.
After that, if you want to improve things, the next thing is to get a better mouthpiece.
If you are still playing and enjoying it a little way down the line after that, then it seems to be usual at that point to look into getting a really nice clarinet. That seems to be very often to be whichever Yamaha you can afford or possibly a buffet.
I got so hooked on my clarinet playing (after starting at 42-ish) that I blew nearly £2000 on a really nice Yamaha Custom CX and I've never looked back. It makes everything so much easier. I still needed to send it off for a really good service though. They just don't work if the pads are not sitting right.
Hope that helps.
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SunnyDaze |
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