Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2020-08-13 19:11
Keep in mind that a plastic clarinet won’t be cheaper than a boxwood one in this case. You can buy boxwood blanks for clarinets for under $100. Meanwhile Delrin stock will probably be around $20. So at best you are only saving $80 on a $2000+ instrument. Most of the cost is due to the fact that period clarinets are entirely handmade, much like high end recorders.
There are other options though. I have a little 3 key chalumeau made by a Korean company called YAN. I paid $120 for it, but I believe they are a bit more now. I mainly bought it for fun, but my girlfriend who’s going for her PhD in music history found it to very usefully for playing in her baroque ensemble, especially when playing pieces by Telemann that call for chalumeau.
There’s also a company called “Hakam Din” that makes a 6 key clarinet for $300. I have not tried it and can not vouch for the quality though.
There’s also the option of buying an older instrument, many of the 5 key clarinets you see for sale are actually from the late 19th century and were made as instruments for students in modern pitch. You just neen to be careful and make sure the length is correct in order to avoid buying a high pitched instrument.
-Jdbassplayer
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