Author: John Peacock
Date: 2022-01-04 22:00
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Chris C wrote:
> the all-plastic B&H Regent 2 seems to be a much better instrument than the wood-bodied Regent 1 ... Generally the instrument is robust and sounds pretty good. Second-hand values seem to be £10-£15, which is unbelievably low.
I first learned on one of these, which was the standard student instrument of the day. I've never compared its playing characteristics with the Buffet B12 that took over that ecological niche, but the Regent looks nicer, with shiny resonite rather than matt ABS.
It also had the interesting feature shown in the attached photo, which was that the Eb/Bb trill key was made long in the fashion of German instruments. I believe this innovation was suggested by Reginald Kell, and I'm vaguely surprised that no maker of pro Boehm clarinets has ever experimented with changing the shape in this way. Looking at eBay (where they seem to go for more like £40), not all Regents have this feature: I don't know if it was deemed unsuccessful and withdrawn in favour of a standard key shape, or if it only appeared on later models.
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