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Re: light weight Clarinet

Author: ned
Date: 2016-10-01 14:44

I'm not sure this will help you immediately, but why not get an accurate weight measurement of your current instrument and any other which you may be considering to purchase.

Here's a table of my complete collection. I have four which are in a playable condition. I use the lightest horn in my possession, it also (co-incidentally) happens to be my favourite, and it's a wide bore so it's no argument for me quite obviously.

Make Type Key keys & rings Wt in gms
Hawkes & Son simple A 12+2 631
Hawkes & Son simple Bb 12+2 608
Paul's Buffet albert Bb 15+4 687
My Buffet albert Bb 15+4 662
no-name albert Bb 14+4 588
Premiere hard rubber simple Bb 12+2 613
Besson simple Bb(HP)12+2 583
E Albert simple Eb 12+2 533

And a general afterthought to this comes to mind:

Am I being too simplistic in thinking that a wide bore would necessarily be lighter than a narrow bore? Less wood, I imagine, and fewer keys means less weighty metal.

Twelve plus two seems adequate enough for me. I once played an Oehler system some years ago, with 16 keys and 5 rings. It was quite bulky and I found I did not use (or need) this many keys anyway.

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