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Author: Vivi
Date: 2001-11-24 15:50
I´ve made up my mind to buy a wood clarinet instead of the plastic one I have at the moment. I´ve only played for a year but I´m really serious about continuing (want to join an orchestra some day). Any suggestions on which brand and sort to buy? I want one that I won´t be dissappointed about even after a few years (when I hopefully get pretty good...) but not the very most expensive ones. Which are the most popular ones? Which are used by professionals? My teacher recommends Buffet RC, Festival, Prestige, R13, E13 or S1. Are they good ones or are there better ones out there (e.g. Yamahah?) How about buying used ones? Is that a bad idea?
Thanx for any suggestions!
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Author: Bob Arney
Date: 2001-11-24 18:34
Vivi, you are very fortunate indeed that material in the archives, and in past threads have beat this subject to death over the past year(s). Did you do a little search prior to your post?
Bob A
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Author: Fred
Date: 2001-11-24 18:49
Vivi, at the top of the thread heading you will see the word "Search". Click on that and search in the Message Bodies for * Buffet Yamaha Leblanc Selmer *. Don't put the stars in - just the four words. That will get you every listing that these top four brands appear in. You will have more to read than you can imagine!
Good Luck . . . and keep practicing!
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Author: Peter
Date: 2001-11-24 21:16
Vivi,
I don't speak for anyone but myself, still, I don't want you to feel badly (rejected or penalized) about the answers directing you to past threads instead of just giving you the answers you seek.
It's just that these questions have been repeatedly answered, in detail, even in the very recent past, and to begin to answer them again could get tedious for some of us.
If you still have questions after you read some of these past threads, please, feel free to post them and for sure, a bunch of people are likely to answer you directly, and in more pertinent terms.
Search also for "Band Mom," "Brands," and "Selmer of Buffet?" That should keep you busy reading for a little while.
Good luck with hte past threads. I'll look forward to hearing your further questions later on.
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Author: Emms
Date: 2001-11-25 11:10
Peter, those horns are turning into a halo - be careful!! :o)
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Author: Peter
Date: 2001-11-25 19:20
Naw, this kid is legit, but even if she wasn't, the worst she could be is naive, which is "allowable" up to a point.
But I have been trying to be nice(r) anyway.
Notice I made a point of not answering the thread about the tape on the reed for a darker sound... Or the one asking where to buy tape... Or the one where the person asking where to buy tape agrees with someone else on another subject...
But I want you to know that I'm also chopping at the bit waiting for the next ...
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Author: Peter
Date: 2001-11-26 04:11
Emms,
It's you who shames me with your niceness(?)
(But I did finally post on the tape.)
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Author: Emms
Date: 2001-11-26 08:30
I have a darker side- maybe a fettish for electrical tape?
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Author: Bob Arney
Date: 2001-11-26 14:47
Peter said, in part "But I want you to know that I'm also chopping at the bit waiting for the next ...: " Must have been your close association to Woody Herman. It's "champing at the bit"...not chopping. Chopping is what Herman does at the Woodcutters Ball.
Bob A
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Author: Peter
Date: 2001-11-26 19:25
You know, Bob, I actually looked up "champing" in my computer dictionary program and it wasn't there, so I "played it safe."
I just looked it up in my hardcover dictionary and it was there. Oh, well, I must say that Murphy did warn me about things like this.
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Author: Neil Mac
Date: 2002-01-15 11:42
It doesn't matter what material. Acoustic studies have proved that the characteristic clarinet sound depends *solely* on the fact that a reed is vibrating a column of air. In university research they compared a wooden clarinet with a clarinet mouthpiece stuck into a section of plastic hosepipe - there was no difference as measured acoustically by scientific instruments.
I have tested many of my musical friends: I go into another room and play my wooden clarinet and my metal one in turn. No one can tell the difference - not even clarinet players!
With a good mouthpiece, your plastic-composite clarinet will sound just as good as any wooden clarinet costing thousands of dollars more.
The *really* important factors are: The mouthpiece, the reed, your embrouchure and the proper seating of the key pads.
That said, I've always admired Le Blanc's top-of-the-line models. They are well made instruments, play well, and I like the redesigned trilling keys that seat much better than the traditional Boehm design.
Neil
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