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Author: pelo_ensortijado
Date: 2006-11-10 14:44
i just purchased an RC from my teacher Lars-Gunnar Wåhlstedt(studied for leister and some other dudes i don't remember) and it's like no other instrument i have ever tried!!
so easy played all over. the intonation is superb. the sound is so large that i can play half what the other members in my clarinetquartett is and i'll be heard anyway.
i have never even heard anyone else thinking this things about the rc. is my ex something speciall or is everyone like this??
the serial number(F381764) tells me it's from 1994 and made for the european market. anyone with a close number who can tell me how theirs are like???
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Author: Max S-D
Date: 2006-11-10 18:38
Maybe it's just that they're very expensive, so fewer people have tried them. My teacher, Mark Brandenburg, plays one. He sounds incredible, although I don't think that's because of the clarinet.
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2006-11-10 18:52
RC = Robert Caree (sp?) a long time clarinet engineer/technician for Buffet from the late 50's (?) on.
The RC line was a middle level between R13 and prestige (as I understand). Please feel free to correct my inexact knowledge!
If you search the board for Robert Caree you should find many hits on him.
James Tobin
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: clarinet60
Date: 2006-11-10 19:00
A fellow clarinetist who was a sub in my orchestra had a set of new RC's also, and he too had a huge sound. Of course he was a great player too and had performed with some top orchestras in Asia. I tried them and thought they played wonderfully - a much bigger sound than my R-13's.
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Author: Morrigan
Date: 2006-11-10 19:58
I believe the RC is placed alongside the R13 & Prestige (i.e. R13 -> RC, R13 Prestige -> RC Prestive), rather than above or below it, just as the Festival is placed alongside the two Prestige models. They're not better or worse, just different.
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2006-11-10 20:06
There is a difference in the bore dimensions and tone hole placements.
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
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Author: LarryBocaner ★2017
Date: 2006-11-10 20:58
My RC A clarinet, #F271xxx, purchased in Paris a few years before yours was manufactured is a gem! It plays more freely and better in tune than any of the R13 A's (many) that I've owned over the years. Frankly I don't fully understand why the RC has not been more popular in the US. Oh well, it took many years for American clarinetists to catch on to silver plated keys, too!
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Author: hartt
Date: 2006-11-10 22:05
Seemingly, you are correct, the RC is very responsive . I believe Buffet terms it as a French Bore .
My RC is an Anniversary model, s/n 160xxx (1975), has tight grained coal black wood with good intonation and an even scale.
I have not weighed it but it feels lighter in weight than my R13's and in my hands, feels smaller in diameter.
The bore is different than that of an R13 and if you look very closely inside the bell, you can see the cone has been reamed. The RC has a Conical LJ bore and and egg shaped ream inside the bell ....... as does the Prestige RC.
Also, the register vent tube is placed higher than that of an R13....more like the position of the tube on a Vintage model.
Although mine is nickel plate, (SP was an option in 1975) the current model is standard with silver plate and the cost of an RC is within a few dollars to that of a new Vintage model.
regards
dennis
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-11-10 22:11
My teacher was an RC player - he had a set of nickel plated standard RCs when he started teaching, then he bought a pair of RC Prestiges before I left college.
The lead alto player in the big band I'm in plays an '80s RC.
I've worked on a few RC UK clarinets - not sure what the difference is - maybe they're built to 440Hz.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: donald
Date: 2006-11-11 02:10
i've got an RC A F 180982 which i believe is from around 1978, it is the best sounding A i've owned, though the intonation is nowhere near as good as the Festival A i sacrificed to buy it. It also has the problem of the slightly stuffy left hand low reg E- caused by the tone hole being too abruptly tapered i believe (rather than because the pad is too low).
One thing i've noticed is that several toneholes seem more cylindrical than on the R13s i've owned, and this may contribute to the pitch rising more dramatically as i diminuendo. Certainly, this is far less a problem on my R13 B flat and the Festival A. I love this Clarinet and want to play it all the time, but while i'm prepared to fork out for some custom work to improve the intonation, i'm also going to keep looking around for what's out there..... (and, dare i say it, try the Backun A clarinet- i might have to get a day job!)
donald
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2006-11-11 05:36
My RC, bought from Walter Grabner is a gem. The pros I've had audition it give it gold stars.
It has allowed me to play some passages expressively that I could barely get to come out of my old horn.
love it
Bob Phillips
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