Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2020-08-04 23:26
Here in the US that is mostly the case. It has gotten far more diverse in the last twenty years though, with all the usual suspects.....Backun, Chadash, Rossi, but still predominantly Buffet (and heavy on the R13).
A friend of mine said this when I was extolling the attributes of one of the current newer horns, "It's a Buffet world, and I already have one." This sorta relates to a current thread about sticking with equipment through your career or experimenting.
I would say that many of the most successful symphonic clarinet players I've met are:
Practical
Career oriented
Persnickety (in a good way)
Detail minded
Conservative ("if it ain't broke, don't fix it)
Those folks tend to use what the teachers tell them to use and/or stick with what's working because they have a career that pays a living wage so why risk messing with it.
But Ed Palanker of this Board loves his Selmer Signature, Riccardo Morales played Backun until he switched to Uebel, and I believe the principal in Louisville uses Chadash.
Things have opened up .......but nothing succeeds like success.
.................Paul Aviles
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