Author: DG74
Date: 2017-07-15 04:56
Consider Uebel clarinets! From their website:
"Nowadays almost all mass produced wooden clarinets are made from kiln dried wood. The fast drying process shrinks the large amount of resin in Grenadilla to little gems and leave large hollow chambers. The center bore opens those chambers and leaves a rather rough surface inviting residues, dust and moisture to stay in the clarinet. You know what moisture does to wood. Swollen tenons, cracks, warped body parts. That means for you: warranty claims, administrative efforts, frustration. 5-7 Years naturally air dried Grenadilla wood is the proper way to go to build good and durable instruments."
They stand behind their claim with a 5-year warranty on cracks!
I traded in my Buffets over a year ago and have been playing a set of Uebels (Preference Bb and Advantage A) - I would never look back. The wood is exceptional quality. What really amazed me was the THICKNESS of the wood. Really much more than I'm used to, especially the Preference.
The Advantage A is one of their lower end models, but even with it the quality of the key work, wood, and intonation is better than my Buffet Festival A was.
Plus, I was able to sell my Buffets, buy these, and put some money in the bank!
Their wood is dark though, so you may not like that.
Feel free to email me if you have questions, I'm in no way paid by Uebel but these are the best clarinets I've ever played on!
Post Edited (2017-07-15 04:57)
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