Author: lifeforms
Date: 2006-05-20 21:45
Thank you David, and beejay for the link and info. My bells not really green, but it is plastic. Kinda blackish still, and I can't say that i've been and smelt it either *G* I will try the next time I get it out tho!
Beejay, did your original mouthpiece say anything on it? Would the Brilhart one on mine be the original, or another one? When you say about non-interchangeable, do you mean the mouthpiece itself, or the little part the mouthpiece fits into? Would this cause a problem if I replace my mouthpiece?
Also does yours have a hand engraved serial number on it? If so what is it, if you dont mind saying. I can't work out if mines actually an early Corton, with the small serial number.
What is a CSO? As far as i've played it I can pretty easily get all the bottom octave notes, some next octave up. I am having trouble with the B (octave 2), but I really dont know if thats the clarinet or me at the point. I've only really played it a few days. Thus said I can play it quite nicely on current music I have, so long as I stick between the first octave from bottom E to a2.
I borrowed a band B&M clarinet, which has been overhauled, and I did find that it was quite hard to play in comparision to the Corton - again that could be me. I found volume control on the Corton to be very easy to do, where as I was just blasting out on the B&M one. The B&M is plastic through out, and its certainly something I can notice; the general sound between the two, with my ears prefering the Corton.
I didn't manage to get the Clarinetist to play this week, but next week I will ask him. Only thing I'm worried about is my lack of B, but that could be me and having only started playing it.
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