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Author: EbClarinet
Date: 2020-05-13 01:02

For 35 years I've had a Selmer Signet. It lasted me beginner band through college and 6 years of community band. I couldn't play in the upper altissimo register w/o biting even though I have a world class embouchure, reed and mouth piece. My high school band director did me a free over haul on it because I was his star player in high school. My female college clarinet professor said that it was a good intermediate horn but if I wanted that professional tone quality, I'd have 2 go Buffet. That's what all the other college band clarinet players were playing except 4 this 1 Yahama player (I don't personally like Yamaha tone quality).

So a week ago I made the plunge and got it in last WED. I couldn't afford 1 on my student salary (less than $1G monthly). I liked my fellow clarinet students tone quality on Buffet and my professor's (this was 30 years ago) but her tone doesn't completely close up. I prefer the closed tone quality that is so characteristic of the clarinet.

I'm playing around with V21 and V12 3.5 reeds 2 develop that dark, classical and orchestral tone quality. I was able to get that high school big tone quality on the Signet and then in college, the dark pre-professional collegiate pedagogical tone quality a few times. My professor didn't make me aware of it but the 1st 2 chairs in the top band did. They liked my tone quality.

I know I've got 2 bond with my new instrument and only time will give me that professional tone quality. I want 2 send out a special shout out to Ed Palanker for encouraging me that I will get that tone quality because of my superb tone quality on Eb clarinet, C clarinet and Bb bass clarinet. I have a Pyne mouth piece on this new clarinet 2.

Any tips on how I an grow this sound that we're all chasing?

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