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Author: HANGARDUDE
Date: 2014-04-12 17:57
When you fellas decide to buy both an A and Bb professional clarinet, would you buy each individually or buy them in pairs?
Josh
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-04-12 14:51
I heard so much about "matched pairs" as a student that I took it as gospel. The truth is that you want the two clarinets to play as similarly for YOU as possible. That may even turn out to be two different brands!
So, if you don't need both at the same time, get an "A" when you need it. And find one that plays with as similar a resistance and intonation as your "Bb."
(just as a note: there still are "sets" when you order both from a custom manufacturer that took 2 to 3 years to get them made for you. You get what you get....period)
.............Paul Aviles
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Author: marcia
Date: 2014-04-12 22:28
I played my Bb for years before needing an A. I was living in Australia at the time and A clarinets were only sold as part of a pair, not individually. However I found a solitary A, with double case. The pair had been split as the Bb had been sold on its own. I think the solitary A was a bit of a white elephant so I got a new instrument for second hand price.
Some years later I bought a new Bb so mine are far form being a "matched pair" and they do the job just fine. Or at least as "fine" as I am able to enable them.
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2014-04-12 23:14
As Paul said you want the Bb and A to match each other for you.
That means tone, response, resistance, key placement and other physical characteristics.
In all probability that means both being of same make and model but this is not an absolute.
When I started playing 60 years ago A clarinets were almost impossible to obtain and when after 2-3 years doing A to Bb transposition I finally found one I wasn't about to query make or model.
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