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Re: Boosey & Hawkes Imperial 926 in ebonite

Author: TomS
Date: 2021-01-25 00:08

Tom Ridenour still offers several excellent and reasonably priced clarinets in hard rubber. He claims that rubber more stable and more consistent, and actually has a quality of sound that equals or exceeds Blackwood and some exotic hardwoods, such a Honduran Rosewood.

I've a couple of his clarinets for over 7 years, and have had no problems with the key work or material and the original pads held up very well. By contrast, my R13s were serviced many times more/year than Tom's instruments. A few months ago, I sold the Buffets ... and this was my 3rd R13s since 1981.

I think that Brad Behn has made some comments about building and offering a hard-rubber instrument.

I wish the Yamaha CSVR and Selmer Signature were available in rubber.

Tom

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