Author: thomas.b
Date: 2006-01-08 14:50
yes, these manufacturers spend little labor in these things. Here in Germany most professionals use hand made clarinets. They cost at least the double of a Buffet Festival or a Selmer Signature. THese clarinets are verywell tuned, every spring is ok, the undercut, opening of the keys etc. pp has another quality. THe manufacturers of these clarinets offer as well (German) Boehm clarinets which cost nearly the same as German clarinets. If you compare these prizes with stock Selmers or Buffets and consider that these small companies do not have that administration and management overhead, it is obvious, that for the money you pay for Buffetr, Selmer, Yamaha or Leblanc you have to accept, that they spend less labor in tuning and optimizing the instruments....and teak it afterwards or buy directly a handmade instrument...
I tried several Signatures here in Germany. They seem to be easier to play for me than Buffets because they have a little bit more resistance. I observed, that all 3 Signatures i tried were a little bit flat on low f and e, similar as german clarinets without correction keys. I assumed that this was based in the acoustical design/bore design which seemed to be a little mor into "german" direction...
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