[jicaino]

Selmer Centered Tone, Leblanc LL, Selmer Series 9, Buescher True Tone, Conn 444, Penzel Mueller "Brilliante", Boosey & Hawkes 1010, (in short, "anything but buffet" :mrgreen: )

 

[jicaino]

PS don't get (or buy) into the "big bore" vs. "small bore" clarinet thing... it's really about the shape (straight cyl vs. conical vs. poly) than the bore size. Most "good jazz clarinets" are more about the cyl bore or relatively non existent taper on the top joint.

 

[jicaino]

Yeah. I don't care for Pete Fountain. And I don't care for Buffet... this is why this is called an "opinion forum" and not a "fact forum"... I don't like Buffets, I'm sorry if me having a different opinion... (No, I'm not sorry for having an opinioin, I'm sorry if me having a different opinion as yours irritates or bothers you or anything along that lines)

 

[jicaino]

I find that Buffets aren't that suited to being "pushed". The tone breaks sooner, they sound flat when you need the extra power... I guess that I feel they lack dynamic range. This is all my opinion and personal taste... not "fact facts". I started out on a CT and played most of my life on CT's, the keywork layout feels like home to me... although I've liked better other clarinets in some aspects (sweeter altissimos, less "violent" detache when plaing loud, etc) I've never ever played a better clarinet than Selmers when it comes to throat tones, clarity of the entire extension and keyboard layout. The downside of Selmers is the intonation changes a lot when going from extreme pianissimo to fff.

(PS Bebopalot I don't care much for Eddie Daniels' tone... it's like the stan getz of the clarinet tones IMHO and I don't like that)

 

[jicaino]

BM never heard of Shaw or Goodman playing Buffets. I do know good ole Benny went from his Lxxxx BT selmer to a CT briefly and then he changed over to Boosey clarinets.

 

[jicaino]

You are correct. I believe that Daniels played Buffet clarinets before his deal with Leblanc. Same with Ken Peplowski who now also plays a Concerto II. I've tried the Concerto II and can't figure out why people love them so much. The are not bad but certainly not anything special. There really is no clarinet that is like a Selmer C.T. I find them to be special.

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I like the LL's but not better than CT's, and I loved an old Buescher TT but the keywork didn't work for me. The CT's gives me just the combination I like. I like the newer selmers too but they don't make a big bore cyl clarinet anymore...

Juan, I am not a big fan of Eddie Daniels either. I think he may have great technique but the music he chooses to play leaves me cold and his tone is just a shoulder shrug for me.

+1000 :mrgreen: music is not the epithom of technical perfection IMHO... ED has a killer tech chops but tone wise is like a cold shower, and I agree, the music he plays I'm no fan of.