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Re: Vintage clarinet

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2010-11-05 01:49

OK, I'm back from RDG here in Los Angeles. They only had 1 Vintage to test. I really enjoyed playing it. I spent about 15 minutes playing the horn. My only complaint were the 12's. Sadly the 12th's were too far apart in intonation to have the horn adjusted, even with trying several barrels. The instrument comes with 2 barrels, they didn't help, tried other barrels I have and I wasn't able to get close. I am not saying these Vintage horns don't play. For example, today I tried 7 out of 10 R13 A clarinets, before finding a good R13. The sound quality of this Vintage A clarinet was very much like the 60's and 70's horns.
If they had more Vintage horns, perhaps I would have found something really good.

I settled for a nickel plated R13. The sound was different then the Vintage horn, but not by much. I actually preferred the Vintage, again it was close.

The R13 I chose had really nice 12ths. Actually amazingly in tune. I felt the sound was bigger than my Bb from the 70's as well as the Vintage. You can really put a lot of force through the horn without fearing that the pitch may go flat.

It was a very nice experience playing all of these horns. Feel free in emailing me if anyone has questions.

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

Post Edited (2010-11-05 02:17)

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