Hi there,
Looking for advice on purchasing a piccolo. I had one a couple of years back, but have since moved overseas (didn't bring it with me) and rather than dig it out of storage and get it sent here (no point, it was junk!) I want to get something new.
The piccolo I did have was a 'Cibaili' - like the on here:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Pro-24K-...l_Instruments_Instruments&hash=item48378c403b
I found it very difficult to play, tuning was horrible etc. Not being a piccolo player I wondered if it was of course me until I tried a metal yamaha (I think it was a YPC-30). Light years ahead of the Cibaili in reponse, ease of blowing, tuning etc (at least it was for me, relative to the two instruments I had in my possesion - maybe I had a particularly bad Cibaili, who knows?).
Anyway, I don't really want to spend more than say $400US. I'm considering either a used Gemeindhart, Emerson or Armstrong (or I might even stretch for a used YPC-32 if I can find one under $500).
The other option is one of the Venus piccolos - I'm also looking at this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Piccolo-Two-Hea...798?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5644a92b3e
I'm pretty sure these are the ones the Bruce Bailey has recommended, but I'm a bit dubious given that the all metal venus piccolos looks more or less identical to Cibaili I have (but maybe the above ebonite ones are better?). The price suits me better, but I don't want to waist another $200 when I should just shell out $400ish for a used 'standard/known' student model that has stood the test of time.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Tim
Looking for advice on purchasing a piccolo. I had one a couple of years back, but have since moved overseas (didn't bring it with me) and rather than dig it out of storage and get it sent here (no point, it was junk!) I want to get something new.
The piccolo I did have was a 'Cibaili' - like the on here:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Pro-24K-...l_Instruments_Instruments&hash=item48378c403b
I found it very difficult to play, tuning was horrible etc. Not being a piccolo player I wondered if it was of course me until I tried a metal yamaha (I think it was a YPC-30). Light years ahead of the Cibaili in reponse, ease of blowing, tuning etc (at least it was for me, relative to the two instruments I had in my possesion - maybe I had a particularly bad Cibaili, who knows?).
Anyway, I don't really want to spend more than say $400US. I'm considering either a used Gemeindhart, Emerson or Armstrong (or I might even stretch for a used YPC-32 if I can find one under $500).
The other option is one of the Venus piccolos - I'm also looking at this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Piccolo-Two-Hea...798?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5644a92b3e
I'm pretty sure these are the ones the Bruce Bailey has recommended, but I'm a bit dubious given that the all metal venus piccolos looks more or less identical to Cibaili I have (but maybe the above ebonite ones are better?). The price suits me better, but I don't want to waist another $200 when I should just shell out $400ish for a used 'standard/known' student model that has stood the test of time.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Tim