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Post by chhsclarinet on Sept 14, 2008 12:26:44 GMT -5
Jupiter 631NM , I want a Buffet R-13
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Post by altoclarinets on Sept 14, 2008 19:15:32 GMT -5
Don't we all?
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hansel2011
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Post by hansel2011 on Jan 23, 2009 16:47:20 GMT -5
Well....I have a LeBlanc. It is wooden and made in France, as you could probably tell!! I love it to death. I fyou are looking for a good quality concert band clarinet, I would recomend the LeBlanc. But...if you are someone like me who does marching band and concert band, you must remember you can not use the LeBlanc outside. It will crack and break. So that means no marching band is to be done with this clarinet. I will tell you a story. In 7th grade I auditioned for one of the many honor bands we do. I was a few chairs away form making it. That next year I got the LeBlanc. I did not stop trying for honor band. I tried out for the same on the next year and I got first chair. I love it when we go to nationals because it is inside and I can use my LeBlanc!!! I was a soloist hooked up to a microphone the entire show and my tone and sound was incredible. It was from the clarinet. Wooden clarinets give you a nice, projected sound!! I will warn you, the cost is pretty expensive. A few thousand dollars+! Yea, I know!!
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Post by altoclarinets on Jan 23, 2009 18:33:35 GMT -5
If that's a bit much, there is always the E11, a wooden clarinet that can be found in innumerable amounts on the web, often for around 600 and still in reasonable shape. However, I personally have come to believe that, apart from the whole plastic- has- different- overtones thing, the key to a focused sound is not so much the horn, but the mouthpiece. Good choices for American clarinetists are the 5RV and the M13, with or without lyre or Profile 88 option, all made by Van Doren. And if you want to talk about expensive horns, let's talk my bday present for next year: Buffet Crampon RC Prestige. 3,800 on a cheap day. I have heard excellent things about the new LeBlanc- Backun barrels, but the only one I ever got to try was an A clarinet, and that's the only A clarinet I've ever played. So I couldn't tell you there. The overall feel of the horn was nice though, but I wouldn't attribute that to the barrel alone.
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hansel2011
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Post by hansel2011 on Jan 24, 2009 10:45:22 GMT -5
Wow!! Thats a really nice one. The Buffet Crampon RC Prestige. Cool! But the Leblanc does cost a lot of mone and you have to know you want to play it for a very long time before you go spending all that money on it.
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Post by uscsummermusiclvr on Mar 5, 2009 21:34:42 GMT -5
I think I also have an E-13 ( or E-12, I can't remember. I got this one last year so yeah XD ).
I don't really know what type I want :/
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Post by altoclarinet123 on Apr 15, 2009 10:39:32 GMT -5
My Bb is a ... um, plastic ... I don't know. The first joint says bundy but the bell says pruefer... It was my mom's old clarinet that was an old rental before that, so who knows? EDIT: I did some research about my clarinet and the serial number on the first joint is from the late 70's - a little before my mom would have bought the clarinet. My guess is that something horrible happened to the body of my clarinet, so they removed all the keys and put it on a bundy plastic body. Unfortunately, according to the same website (www.woodwind.org > equipment > serial numbers) they stopped making pruefers in 1955, which explains the bundy body. So my clarinet is anywhere from 54-75 years old, and has been remade many times along the way. I don't know too much more about my alto ... it's a plastic that my mom bought for me on ebay, and it falls apart all the time. Not to mention it's open-holed and uses a two hook neckstrap, contrary to what all new altos on the market are like today. The seal/stamp thing on it says "Bundy Resonite made by selmer elkhart, Indiana" EDIT: I found out more about my alto. It has no serial number, but I have estimated the age to be between 90 and 30 years old, due to product manufacture dates. The lack of serial number leads me to believe that it was probably from around WWII (a sketchy time for serial numbers and Bundy clarinets), about 60 years ago. Anyway, in this picture, my clari is the third one... I think the previous owner of my clari had acid on their hands or something when they played - everything is so worn, but only in the EXACT places the fingers go. As for what I want - I want Buffets. There is only one buffet alto, but I like the sound of that one. I don't know exactly what Bb I want, but I'll probably go for something between the R-13 and the RC Prestige.
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Post by Lprdgecko on Apr 16, 2009 20:18:14 GMT -5
I have a Buffet E-11. I bought it used a couple weeks ago. The person who sold it had only had it for a year, so it's still in really good condition.
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Post by altoclarinets on Apr 16, 2009 20:40:22 GMT -5
@ alto123 He/ she probably did not have acid. Sweat can cause diminish of laquer on metal keys (close- hole) but on open- hole, pressure and years of wear can cause the sort of problem you are having.
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