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RE: wooden clarinet

Author: mw
Date: 2001-07-19 22:57

I agree w/Jack's assessment ... spend the $600 for an (good) Intermediate (the Buffet E-11 in my opinion). If your daughter takes good care of the Buffet E-11 for 2-3 years, you will get 90% of your money out it @ a venue like eBay. (The E-11 won't tune as well as a R-13, but then all the young kids are sharp anyway! Ask some band directors around here)

In 2-3 years you can get most of your money back & not be out the interest lost to the more expensive horn.

If you daughter is REALY ready to steup-up in 2-3 years, buy an R-13 at that time. No foul ball, no harm done. If she is out of music, no money will have been wasted, you'll be able to get whole or pretty close. Your daughter will have had a great (cultural & learning) experience in the meantime & not have been compromised by poor equipment.

There are kids in different parts of the U.S. that would love to have a Buffet B-12 or Yamaha YCL-20 .... & those kids are players, too!

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