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 Re: Just how bad IS a $90 clarinet? And can you hear the difference?
Author: Paul Aviles 
Date:   2020-01-02 18:41

Thank you "Djudy" for a reply more thoughtful than the video.



I was pretty disgusted by the "Ligature" video from Earspasm. The "Drunk Mouthpiece Testing" was ok, but this one is pretty irresponsible.


I find that the take away could be that there is some legitimacy to the $100 clarinets and it's only a matter of putting in some repair work to get them up to speed. TRAGIC !!!!!


There was a student I ran into a few years ago that was (and hope still is) pretty involved with the clarinet. He had a Mendini clarinet for a year and found that it was ALWAYS in disrepair.


Let's also not gloss over the pitch issue which was addressed in some manner before the final play test in the video. Pitch irregularity globally as well as internally (just getting a scale to be in tune with itself) is a MAJOR issue with these inexpensive clarinets.


If it were not for Earspasm's bass clarinet excerpt video I'd think his only gig was racking up advertising dollars off the internet based on "hits."


This one should be placed in the round file along with the yellow and red mouthpieces that came with those "clarinets."






...................Paul Aviles
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