Author: seabreeze
Date: 2020-08-15 22:39
Relatively inexpensive but accurate and durable copies of historical clarinets (6-key, 13-key, etc) would be welcome. Two ways to get this to happen would be for smaller scale clarinet makers like Ridenour and Backun to produce them. But Ridenour's lowest-priced rubber (Boehm) Noblissima sells for about $600.00 and Backun's entry level Alpha goes for about $1,000.00. These prices are certainly much more than you would have to pay for a decent plastic alto recorder, which suggests the second way: Plastic recorder makers like Yamaha, Aulos, and Zen-on could explore the costs of making keyed clarinets out of the same (or similar material). Would they be able to beat the $600 - $1,000 price range? How much would buyers be willing to pay for a rubber, plastic, or composite historical clarinet?
Yamaha would likely have the greatest array of resources to draw on, since they already make inexpensive plastic beginner clarinets and plastic recorders.
Post Edited (2020-08-15 22:43)
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