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Re: Recommendations, please

Author: ThatPerfectReed
Date: 2014-03-22 16:10

I'm saving for the Lyrique Libertas Jack--but that's my price point--your price point may be different.

I've at one point or another tried many of the models.

What I will say is that not only is there value and quality to be found in every model they make, but Ted and Tom Ridenour are not out to steer customers in the wrong direction.

Everyone in the business knows dad, Tom, as being as knowledgeable about clarinets as he is honest.

Again--I can't emphasize this enough Jack--I am in no way affiliated, financially or otherwise with Ridenour or any institution in the music business. The (little) money I have saved is in managed funds whose purchase, sale, and hold postitions are ones I do not make, and have no bearing on.

There's a search function at the top of the page. Please feel feel to search Ridenour and see what others have said---summary: its 99.9% positive.

Ridenour makes his clarinet line in almost exclusively hard rubber. They are beautiful sounding, dimentionally stable (doesn't change in size with temperature/humdity)--which means its pitch is extremely good, and will stay that way. Unlike wood.

It will crack if you use the clarinet to hammer nails, but the same goes for all other materials as well.

The Ridenours run a streamlined business model where savings are passed along and shared with customers. Do not be fooled into thinking their quality isn't superb because they aren't 3 times as expensive as other models.

Let me close with those. Hopefully you'll hear from others with their recommendations here. But don't be surprised if few, if any here, disagree with me on the Ridenours. And it's not because I or Ridenour are "not to be messed with," but because the community doesn't disagree with my sentiments.

Fresh on this board is a post on the very instrument I discuss.

Give Ted Rideour a call or email. If price is an issue they may have pre-owned ones, or ones they've used for testing that they can sell you. But only after they've made sure its in top condition.

Paradoxically, the problem with finding used Ridenours is that few owners want to sell them.

I hate to steer anyone away from anything Ridenour, so I will say this..gravitate towards their hard rubber models, which makes up the vast majority of their product line.

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