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 Re: Pretty confused about Ridenour Clarinets
Author: Jaysne 
Date:   2015-04-17 19:21

It's so interesting how the opinions here are so divergent--some people love the brand, some are noncommittal at best.

I would second sax panther's question as to your feeling about the instrument as opposed to your teacher's; however, I know that when I have been taking lessons, I am happy to listen to whatever my teacher says. I naturally assume they know more than I do, and want to hear their reasoning.

At the same time, however, I would want to know exactly why something is true . These days, with so many different brands out there that are basically good instruments, it can be hard to find something that's really a bad horn. The quality of instrument manufacturing across the board has really gone up, including the horns from China that used to be pooh-poohed.

I think then that if someone doesn't like a brand, it's really more of a personal opinion than anything based on proven fact. My Bb is a wooden Selmer 10S, and my A is a Ridenour Lyrique. I got the Ridenour simply because it was a lot less expensive than other brands. The Ridenour has a significantly different feel from the Selmer, and if someone put a wood A Buffet in my hands, it would feel more familiar and comfortable to me. But that doesn't necessarily mean that the Buffet is a better horn or that the Ridenour is inferior.

So again I think a lot of this is what we have experienced and what we feel comfortable with. That's cool but you can't use that to say that another brand is not as good or acceptable. Your teacher didn't like the Ridenour, but that doesn't make it a bad brand.



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