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Festival is a serious pro horn

Author: paul
Date: 1999-07-28 14:09

The Festival is definitely not a joke. It's a serious pro grade horn. Yes, it's marketed differently, and that's the nature of business. However, don't let the marketing scheme fool you. The Festival is very much a premium pro grade horn, very much the match of the R-13, and possibly better than contemporary (1980s through 1990s) R-13s. I've personally played my Festival with groups of other people playing classic hand picked 1960s era R-13s and I've had pros occasionally play my Festival. The sound is generally very close to the R-13 and the quality of parts and workmanship on the Festival is at least comparable if not slightly better than contemporary R-13s. I believe that the Festival is a very good professional grade horn. It can take the daily grind type of professional use that the Prestige can take, as long as it's properly cared for and maintained (just like any other pro grade clarinet).

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