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Re: Should I learn on an Albert system?

Author: chris moffatt
Date: 2009-02-09 12:13

I'm suggesting Boehm because it's an initially simpler choice and because Arhoolie is in Edinburgh not a germanic part of Europe where Oehler wold be the most likely choice. That said, Ed Hall played a Hammerschmidt in later years, and very few clarinettists sounded better than he. Given that many jazz clarinettists played Boehm, others played anything from a 2-ring Simple System to a 6-ring Selmer, and many top performers today are playing some version of the Albert, I'd say it's personal choice. Anyway the sound depends more on the player than on the horn. We've been pointed to examples recently oin this board of someone murdering an Albert clarinet and someone else doing the same to a Boehm......emphasizing the need for good training, probably more likely to be available for the Boehm in Edinburgh

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