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Re: Noblet Eb Clarinets?

Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2023-05-29 17:32

I got a Noblet Eb for $600 from a music store, sight-unseen over the web a few years ago, and it is good. It works. Sounds OK. I loaned it to a young man to use to play Schostakovich and it sounded good. But he is a very strong, young player.

Later on, I stumbled into a relatively pristine Buffet R13 Eb for $3500, and it is a much better instrument. Many years ago, I sold my Eb so I wouldn't be called on to play it again. I got the Noblet to work up some rep just for my own self-improvement. But this is a lot more fun for me on the Buffet. It all depends on the condition and maintenance state of the instrument. The music store had another Noblet Eb for $800, and I should have spent the extra money

I am using the Noblet Eb as a spare. Also have other spares: a Noblet A and a Noblet bass clarinet. All good horns.

I used the Noblet A after my R13 A broke a spring 2 days before a concert, and nobody but the clarinetist next to me knew the difference. The Noblet A was used on Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.

I got a Noblet alto clarinet cheap 2 years ago, and Steve Fox overhauled it for me. Acoustic mods he did made some problem notes tune and speak much better. And he also added a low D, so I can play Basset Horn parts on it, playing them a step up. So there is one less instrument to drag to clarinet quartet gigs. And the whole deal including a custom case was under $2K, a lot less than any used Basset I have seen.

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