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Author: HBO
Date: 2009-03-30 09:36
What the title says...
If the Lord (or Allah, whatever your religion maybe... if you don't have a religion, an arbitrary supreme being) lets you have a one single clarinet out of all of the clarinets made so far (doesn't matter what time it was made in, don't mind the price also) as a reward for all the good things you did in life so far, which clarinet would you pick?
...I choose... the Leblanc Opus II, just because its name sounds cool XD
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Author: HBO
Date: 2009-03-30 10:16
LOL
um no...
I am only a student. I was just curious what kind of dream others had in their minds lol. Nothing related to business.
(...the only way I can use this post is a statistics class, which I am not taking now)
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Author: Bassie
Date: 2009-03-30 11:20
Well I haven't tried enough to know for sure, but if I had the chance to go shopping I'd be looking at low-C wooden basses and the high-end of the Selmer Paris range. But each to their own...
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2009-03-30 11:37
Am I allowed a trial period? I want to try Rossi and Fox clarinets before I'm made to choose!
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-03-30 12:02
Selmer Referrence 54 full Boehm.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: William
Date: 2009-03-30 14:53
Full set of Buffet Prestige model clarinets (A, C, Bb & effer) to match my Prestige low C bass.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-03-30 15:03
For any one that chooses the name HBO, it is certainly understandable why they would choose a clarinet with a "cool" name. Go for it. I would choose the old Selmer low C bass, the newer Signature Bb clarinet and older Buffet A R13 ,96000 series, that I use now because I love them all.
ESP (those are actually my initials). http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2009-03-30 15:40
Hmmm . . . one that's in existence? I'd probably lean towards a Stephen Fox cause he can customize just about everything (although I, like the poster above, REALLY want to try before I buy)
One that's not in existence or one that I WOULD put together? A Buffet Prestige Greenline (for that stable material and extra keys) hand picked/tuned by someone who knows their craft (with input from myself VIA personal visit or tuning chart), with a custom barrel.
Alexi
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Author: D
Date: 2009-03-30 16:02
Well being super greedy I'd probably pick whatever had the highest resale value possible, and flog it without playing it (and risk falling in love), and use the resulting funds to finance the purchase of multiple instruments. Perhaps an instrument used by a really famous player would qualify as it could be auctioned.......
But keeping in the spirit of the original question I'd love to go into a shop and just pick any clarinet I like, and I'd probably go for a really nice contra base clarinet. Sat next to one once in an orchestra where it had a solo and the floor board it was resting on tickled my feet. Love! The owner was lucky to take it home I tell you!
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2009-03-30 18:07
The one I already have, and I'd have to buy it again, since I can't get it from some made up fictional character.....
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Author: Ebclarinet1
Date: 2009-03-30 20:10
For me it would be behind the Buffet Prestige basset horn and a LeBlanc paperclip contrabass. The contrabass would complete the collection and the new basset horn would replace my LeBlanc, although that horn has garbered me lots of compliments too.
Eefer guy
Hmm, I wonder how much Uncle Sam is giving me back? Is it enough???
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Author: Ryder
Date: 2009-03-31 01:07
Buffet Festival Bb, and an RC Prestige Eb
____________________
Ryder Naymik
San Antonio, Texas
"We pracice the way we want to perform, that way when we perform it's just like we practiced"
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Author: cxgreen48
Date: 2009-03-31 01:18
I'd probably want a Leblanc Opus II as well... Except the logo on it doesn't look that great IMO...
Or maybe a Yamaha CSG...
Post Edited (2009-03-31 01:40)
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Author: marshall
Date: 2009-03-31 02:42
a set of 1974 R13s...SN 145,xxx or thereabouts.
If I can only have one...I'd probably spring for a new Festival Bb.
of course...I'd like to try before I buy.
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Author: ned
Date: 2009-03-31 04:49
Selmer Radio Improved as played by many New Orleans jazz folk.
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Author: pewd
Date: 2009-03-31 05:10
1972-1975 R13s
3 of them Bb, A, Eb
stripped, replated, then sent off to Vytas K. for full overhaul. With cork pads on ALL keys - my *** - that overhauled, fully cork padded R13 I just bought from him is amazing.
Or overhauled by John Butler - his work is amazing as well.
A newer Buffet Prestige Bass.
And the budget to audition a bunch of C clarinets - mine's not so good, intonation wise. I really need to find a decent one.
Marshall - I have a 148.xxx R13 - its either 1974 or 1975 - I won't even send it in for an overhaul - I'm afraid its sound will get messed up - thats one awesome piece of wood... what a wonderful sound...
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Molloy
Date: 2009-03-31 15:11
I think my answer would be different week to week, maybe even day to day...
Right now I'd go for a gold-plated metal Selmer full boehm A, with its original gold-plated mouthpiece.
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Author: Pappy
Date: 2009-03-31 15:23
I only own one set (Bb and A) and they are both over 40 years old. Haven't played any other soprano clarinets than those in many years. So I'd love to be in the market for new horns and would love to try everything out there with as few preconceptions as possible. What a FUN project that would be!!!!
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Author: sinebar
Date: 2009-03-31 19:03
I already have my dream clarinet. A selmer 10SII B flat soprano. After trying several clarinets including a R13, it's the best sounding clarinet I have ever played.
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Author: spage
Date: 2009-04-01 09:27
Just one clarinet? Easy. The V-series Selmer Series 10 Bb that I fell for back in 1971, when I really knew less than nothing about different makes and was just looking for a better second-hand clarinet. Since then I've met a lot of clarinets I like, some have been very tempting indeed (and I've even acquired a few), but every time I come back to that it's like coming home. Makes me smile just thinking about it.
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Author: pelo_ensortijado
Date: 2009-04-01 10:55
a pair of guy chadash's clarinets would be great.
(and what do you know. i placed my order just after christmas.
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Author: bcl1dso
Date: 2009-04-01 14:35
Just give me a nice set of R-13's...and then off to the practice room to learn how to play them...
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Author: arundo
Date: 2009-04-01 17:47
I own an R-13 A clarinet from the late 60's that was selected for me by my first teacher, Herbert Couf, former principal with the Detroit Symphony. It has perfect intonation, the key action's superb and the sound's as mellow as they come. I use a Walter Grabner PERS, Van Doren leather ligature, Fobes barrel and Legere Quebec #3.
Amen.
mark dickman
7738565490
markdickman82@hotmail.com
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Author: aero145
Date: 2009-04-01 17:48
If only one: The bass clarinet from Stephen Fox customised with a left low-D lever, Selmer-style low-C# and low-C levers with rollers for the thumb, and low-D# and low-D levers for the right pinky, and of course an Öhler-style (●●●|●◦●) d#'' and low-G# (LeBlancs have that too). Would also want the left hand-ring finger d#/b-flat'' to be removed (hate that lever, it makes no sense to have it [for me that is]), and a convertible E-flat/low-C model with abilities to use the straight-bell on the E-flat setting with a long pin.
If more that one: Also B-flat and A Nexuses from Fox, without the left hand-ring finger d#/b-flat, a left-pinky d# and a protruding ring around the lowest-C/g.
:-D
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Author: lrooff
Date: 2009-04-01 17:58
I'd choose the Octocontrabass clarinet (only one ever made) from the Leblanc collection.
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Author: thomas.b
Date: 2009-04-02 12:29
I would choose a H. Wurlitzer setup: 100 cS ( BFlat/a), basset horn, bass
what a setup!
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Author: Tinselworm
Date: 2009-04-02 14:07
Just one?
I'm not greedy, honest - just indecisive.
Leblanc Opus, then, if I'm only allowed one.
(Orrrrrrr for sentimental reasons, a vintage Selmer CT, to replace the one I had to part with due to lack of funds, which I've never quite forgiven myself for.)
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Author: Clip
Date: 2009-04-03 10:17
I'd have a current year stock R13. So that I'd know what all the fuss is about, and it would be a genuine example of the time.
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Author: Margaret
Date: 2009-04-04 00:37
I currently have more than enough work to do learning to play my current instrument correctly. It would be imprudent for me to get another one.
So I'd like a large quantity of quality beginner clarinets, which I would then proceed to distribute to clarinetless people who play. It would be such fun to see their faces, when they realized that they got do keep them.
Margaret
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Author: aero145
Date: 2009-04-04 21:55
I changed my mind today about the things I said in my post above:
I would want the Selmer Privilège! ’Nuff said!
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Author: jsc
Date: 2009-04-05 06:07
I'm very happy with my Buffet Festivals. Perhaps if there were a Festival bass clarinet, that would be my pick.
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Author: jack
Date: 2009-04-05 23:26
Rossi American Bore A Clarinet. Best clarinet I ever picked up. The Bb was so good I picked it up also. First time I played a solo on the A, a couple of guys walked over to me and told me they were clarinet players. I thought oh good, they're gonna compliment me. They said: "What a magnificent clarinet".
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Author: Rusty
Date: 2009-04-06 21:15
Can`t decide, but the most expensive one, and it must be modified to a full plateau. You can keep your open hole leaky finger ones.
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Author: USFBassClarinet
Date: 2009-04-07 05:10
lrooff
your speaking my language...
Octocontra all the way.
and a more plausible clarinet...
Selmer low C contra....
I want to get one with a wooden bell made just for kicks and giggles
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Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2009-04-07 17:12
Margaret,
I do the same thing.
I pick up "student" clarinets for peanuts on that auction site, fix them, and give them to kids "in the hills" out here IF they seem motivated to play and IF they're are already taking lessons or are willing to do so.
If they don't already have a private teacher and are demonstrably unable to pay even a minimal amount for lessons, I'll barter lessons for work. (It's my experience, both as a shrink and as a teacher, that if I don't require some sort of payment, clients and students will miss three times as many appointments and work 1/3 as hard.)
Also, they must agree to return the instrument or buy it if they quit within a year.
B.
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