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Author: jmberch
Date: 2006-10-03 02:11
I am getting a new clarinet and have narrowed it down to 3 clarinets...the new symphony, conerto II, and Yamaha CSG. if anyone has had experience with 2 or all of these, please tell me the best of each instrument.
i guess the new name will make people read mine =(
Post Edited (2006-10-03 22:37)
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2006-10-04 01:02
I have played the "older" Concerto for some time now. This led me to play test a Concerto II a couple years ago when buying a new horn. The qualities that I loved about the "old" Concerto were all there, rich sound, even intonation and......... (no explanation that I can find, but) it's just darn fun to play. The only negative on the "new" Concerto was the redesigned keys that have a much smaller surface area for the fingers. I slide a lot on the side keys and pinkies. It felt like I was leaping from one rock to another across a roaring river.
Naturally I bought an R13 (WHAT??!!??). I found that the projection lacked enough in section playing that I was burried every time on the Leblancs (and I'm no shrinking violet when it comes to volume - trust me).
Just last week the nagging intonation issues of the R13 forced me to look elwhere and that led to the Yamaha CSG. This is a magical horn. It has the technical superiority of the R13 but also has amazingly consistant pitch, consistant resistance, AND it's gosh dern fun to play!!!
You simply must try one.
............Paul Aviles
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2006-10-04 19:51
Dear Chung,
The pitch was fairly erratic, that is not consistant note to note. For example my open G would be in tune and the A above was very high while the F just below was a struggle to keep up to pitch. The pitches tended to follow what one would expect from a Boehm system clarinet, it was just exaggerated to the point where I could never find a happy medium.
I have long thought that much of this trouble is caused by the type of mouthpieces that are most prevalent in the States these days. That is mouthpieces designed with LARGE VOLUME (physical size that is) tone chambers that bring pitch down too much in an attempt to offer "darker" tone. Since the tuning was much less troubled with the Yamaha I became less focused on the mouthpiece issue but I still think this is an issue that should be addressed more seriously across the board by mouthpiece designers.
.................Paul Aviles
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