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Author: Ursa
Date: 2011-10-07 20:21
Mackenzie:
I own a Ridenour 576BC clarinet and, since you have $1000 to spend, I honestly don't think you can do better at that price point. The 576BC has very comfortable keywork that's beautifully regulated by Tom Ridenour, and has a very even scale with excellent tuning. It took somewhat of a lengthy mouthpiece safari for me to find a mouthpiece/reed/ligature setup that works well for me on the 576BC, but after sorting that out, the clarinet has proven to be superb.
I think Jack's advice is spot-on: Anyone considering serious clarinet study at the collegiate level is going to want an instrument with a modern, polycylindrical bore in the mold of an R13, YCL-650, and the like. As much as I enjoy my Noblets and Boosey & Hawkes 8-10, I wouldn't even think of going off to school with them except for use as secondary jazz horns.
Regarding the Backun bells and barrels: I own a Backun MoBa barrel in grenadilla and I think it's excellent, worth every bit of the $295 I paid for it. I bought the MoBa to get coax some extra performance out of my Noblet Normandy while I was saving up for a better clarinet, and it really opened up the tone, made fortissimo playing much easier, evened out the registers, and improved the tuning of my trusty old horn. You might want to trial some Backun barrels with your CL100; perhaps you'll find in a new barrel on your CL100 what you're hoping to find in a new clarinet.
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Ursa |
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