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Re: Should I get an R13?

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-06-12 19:05

gwie wrote:

> The Backun Protege in Grenadilla with silver-plated keys and a
> LH Eb lever is also around $2500. It's a fantastic clarinet and
> the manner in which the instrument (and its more expensive
> cousins) plays is quite attractive...it's different than
> Buffet, but different can be better!
>

This is the crux of the problem. The OP isn't sure he can choose wisely among things that are different but sold as equivalent. All of the older, more experienced players who have said effectively that Eric should ignore the teacher's advice or, more extreme, look for a new teacher are filtering this through the lens of their own greater level of security.

I wouldn't take anyone's advice, either, without trying a lot of competing instruments. Most teachers, assuming they don't have a financial interest in the product they recommend to students, base their own bias at least in part on the knowledge that what they themselves use successfully will also allow their students to reach a high level of success. It isn't necessarily, though it can be, stubborn traditionalism.

The teacher's involvement in selecting an instrument for Eric should at least ensure that he won't get a bad R-13, and there are certainly good ones to be found. Eric seems to have a mildly preconceived bias toward the Yamaha CSVR. The ideal solution would be for him to convince the teacher to help select among however many CSVRs he can find to try and the best of whatever R-13s the teacher has access to. If I were his teacher, I would be willing to do this. IMO, however this works out, Eric will probably end up with a very good clarinet.

Karl

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