Author: dlloyd
Date: 2009-04-15 12:10
I understand that there will be a certain amount of variability between instruments of the same model, and that the only way to really tell is to try out a number of instruments and pick the one that's right for me, but unfortunately that's not an option I have at present... My local music shop has two clarinets in stock... a B12 and a Jupiter, both of which are chained to the wall, and neither of which I feel particularly inclined to try. And travelling to try a better range out is not on the cards.
I'm currently looking for something that's of decent quality and that's affordable (and after my recent ebay experience, from a reputable source). I've been very kindly offered a B&H Imperial at a good price from a contributor here, which I'm very tempted by, but it will take me a while to source the funds to buy it and, in the meantime, I don't want to exclude other possibilities.
Without the luxury of being able to try before I buy, I'm hoping to get an idea of how various manufacturers and models compare with each other. Obviously there will be R13s that are great and others that are just okay, but presumably there will be a range of 'general acceptability' that you can expect them to fall into? In general an R13 will be better constructed than an E13, which in general should be better than an E11, which should generally be better constructed than a B12? And different manufacturers should have different models that have you can reasonably expect to compare with particular models...
Or is that too idealistic? Do different manufacturers have different quality control tolerances? Will 'manufacturer A' reject a poor example of their entry pro level instrument whereas 'manufacturer B' would let it through?
Am I also being overly optimistic that, if bought from a reputable source, any significantly problematic instruments should be filtered out?
Apologies if these are stupid questions or if I really should know the answers from searching the archive (which I have done to incomplete avail).
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