Author: USFBassClarinet
Date: 2009-05-02 03:59
For a person just getting back into it and the kind of work your doing, I don't see anything close to an R13 being needed. I'm sure someone else will come along with the entire spiel but basically "the player makes the instrument, not the instrument the player." I have never played the model instrument you have but I would think it would be more than adequate for most anything.
As for the bass clarinet comments before, the yamaha 221 is an excellent horn. Maybe the ones he has encountered before haven't been adjusted properly or maybe he only believes in professional equipment. A fellow bass clarinetist who is graduating just went though college on one of them as a music ed major.
As for "costing over 4 grand" for a good bass clarinet, I think that is a little crazy. Personally I did spring a bit more than that for my selmer 67 but a slightly older great instrument can be found for much cheaper. You will lack the low C range on them more than likely but they can be beautiful instruments. I know in the first post you said you have a liking for new things...and in that case it might well cost a pretty penny to get a bass clarinet. I think the beginning resonite/hard rubber new bass clarinet starts somewhere between $1500-1800. Through highschool I very successfully played on an old wooden noblet. and I have seen some of the older wooden bass clarinets sell in that same range.
As for greenline instruments, those are the Buffet professional non-wood model instruments if you are unsure of what they are. A Bb greenline costs the upwards of 3 grand and a bass clarinet (which just very recently came out into production) would be in the upwards of 9 to 10 grand.
Good luck though and keep playing!
But bassically I would think for a community band that you spoke of you would be fine with your current Bb clarinet and if you decided to switch to a bass clarinet any well kept instrument (no leaks/bad pads) would be fine. These are also solely my opinions which are bassed on limited experience through highschool and one year of college and a little time in a community band.
(I feel like I wrote a lot of redundant stuff...Sorry!)
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