Author: GenEric
Date: 2017-06-23 10:13
Hey guys! Sorry for the very late reply. I have private lessons with my teacher every other week so I wanted to talk to him/her again to hear some more about what he/she has to say. I guess I should start from the beginning. First, he/she wanted to see if it was worth upgrading the clarinet so he/she tried out my Ridenour Noblissima. Although it was tuning very well, he/she said that the instrument is very, very resistant and that some of the notes are not as clear and pronounced as the other ones. My teacher told me it is worth upgrading to a professional clarinet and he/she is totally open to if I get a Buffet or Yamaha. It all depends on my budget. However, my teacher has a preference toward Buffets. I guess people are too scared to be part of the anti buffet cult?
My teacher made another points why it's good to stick with the main stream popular clarinet. For one, he/shehad a student who had a backun clarinet that needed fixing. For one, I was told that the backun (no model name was given), has very unreliable keywork. In addition, it is a clarinet that is much different clarinet or in other words, a "specialized" clarinet.
From the backun story that I heard from my teacher, I guess my teacher just wants what's best for the students. Although it means spending more money, I guess the r13 is a very reliable, very widespread, popular clarinet that can last students for a long time.
I went to a music store in socal and tried the 650 and csvr. To be honest, I was very impressed. For the price, the keywork and attention to detail is phenomenal. However, I don't know if any other people in the forum have the same opinion but I just like the R13 a little more for it's "smaller bore" which just makes the instrument easier to control, I guess.
For now, I guess i'm getting the R13. But, I won't keep the CSVR and other professional models out of my eye. What's good about Buffets i guess is that they have very high resell value which is great for the future if I want to upgrade.
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