Author: judorange
Date: 2019-10-05 16:09
For the choice of bass clarinet, I may be "prejudiced" against non wood material as Ridenour wrote, but it would seem the whole industry is as well.
I was open to new materials but systematically, plastic/hard rubber clarinet would almost always come with a number of "student" features: lowest note low Eb (*) , single register vent, heavy or fragile mechanism, bad padding, leaks, wearing plating, and other corner cutting practices (based on reviews on the web).
For instance, Ridenour low C bass clarinet was really up in my list until I read a review stating that the low D lh pinky key is virtually unusable because it is too heavy, except if you also press on the low Eb key to help distribute the weight.
You will tell me that I won't need low D too often. True, but (1) it is a sign of general compromised quality, (2) I do want a low C instrument to be able to play these lowest notes.
I often read that student instruments are paradoxically more difficult to play than professional ones. The only thing that makes them student is their price.
And so far, quality instruments with smooth mechanism I found only in wood (or greenline, which is still wood). Please let me know if you know of any model that I might want to consider.
Thank you everyone,
J.
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