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Re: Have Modern Clarinets Really Improved?

Author: Jeroen
Date: 2021-11-24 18:11

The Selmer R-series is imo the best tuned version of the Centered Tone. This late CT is quite similar to the early Series 9 that also tunes quite well for a big bore clarinet. It is only when you play softly that some tuning issues show up because of the big tone holes.

However there has been a lot of development since then. Not in the big bore clarinets but in the smaller bore instruments starting with the obvious Buffet R13. A lot of good clarinets have followed by Buffet but also by Selmer, Leblanc and Yamaha. Even a cheap student clarinet (Buffet E12) tunes excellent nowadays.

The point is that playing your CT is quite different than playing a modern small bore clarinet. You need another mpc, different way of blowing and different way of voicing to get the optimal result out of this new instrument. Probably you will not like the sound at all and feel restricted in blowing and dynamics. Finally resulting in going back to your CT and enjoy it. Nothing wrong with that btw.

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