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RE: Buying a Buffet Bb Clarinet for a Student

Author: jim lande@erols.com
Date: 1999-06-24 02:29

You didn't mention what age student. I went in to the Washington Music Center to buy an R13 (because the insurance would pay for one) and took along my ten year old son. Chuck Levin (who sold my dad my first clarinet in 1959) looked at my son and pleadingly said "Don't buy him an R13. Get him a Vito or a Bundy."

Chuck's advice was right on. My wooden clarinet barely survided 5 years of Jr & Sr high school. Kids don't treat a horn right. Now, if you are talking about getting a pro horn for a Jr or Senior who is going to study music in College, yes, it makes sense. Otherwise, put the difference in the bank and see if the kid is still playing when you are shopping for college graduation presents. (That's when I got my first R13 and boy did I love that horn. Write down the serial number and save the receipt so you don't spend 8 months fighting with the insurance company when it is stolen.)

good luck
jim

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