Author: jcm499
Date: 2021-11-28 07:52
Sunny-- I think there are lots of reasons a fine clarinet might not get much use. It could be a doubler's instrument, or maybe belonged to someone who suffered an injury or illness that impacted their ability to play not long after they bought it. It's also possible the instrument is fine, just not to that individual's taste. I also think even the finest clarinet can be seriously degraded by abuse or neglect, and by the same token, there are many ways to improve a clarinet that is lacking. I wouldn't at all assume an apparently lightly used clarinet is a bad one.
Ursa-- Thank you. I will try that. I had been thinking of sending that mouthpiece to Brad Behn for restoration.
Jeroen-- My teacher played an even bigger-bore clarinet, a Luis Rossi, which I think has a lot to do with how my sound concept developed.
Paul-- a new R-13 for $200 sounds great, but then again, the median household income in 1967 was only $7,300, so it's all relative. I have often heard that the new R-13s do not measure up to the ones of that era.
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