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Re: Ridenour Lyrique

Author: skygardener
Date: 2011-03-31 03:47

I got one a few years ago and generally found it to be good in the short term.
In the long term, though, the adjustment and connection in the lower keys was difficult. The key design does not adjust easily to different pad styles even though they are spaced quite well for the exact thickness of the pads that it comes with.
Additionally, I found adjustment problems with the crow's foot and/or connection with the C/B. I am not sure if it was the crow's foot itself that was bending or another key, but the end result was that the single finger LH E/B did not seal well after several hours of practice.
In general, the key work on the instrument that I recieved had many things that were quite flawed from the production side. Screw holes for rod screws were too big in some places and key tubes for rods were also too big in some keys.
I would like to be fair and say that I have seen these same things if not worse from the "big names" in clarinets. These are things that really should not be leaving any factory at any price, IMO.
However, I suspect that the factory that the Lyriques are made do not power forge their keys. This leaves them to be soft, from the soldering process. Power forging is needed to give the keys stiffness so that they hold their shape and don't just gradually bend unther the pressure of one's fingers.

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