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Just wondering what other Woodwind instruments others have - the Clarinet seems the most popular, any oboe, bassoon or Cor Anglais players here? , anyone with a Metal clarinet (how is it) ? , have other WW instruments but rarely / never touch them , collect them even ?, what do you think of what you have ? ..
I`ve only got Clarinets here other than saxes and , err, have more than I thought .. I`m a persister with the `ol Misery Stick , not too good but very slowly inching ahead, it`s a LONG journey, apart from swapping the hanson for a larger bore and selling the second Lyons, I can`t see me selling any of the keepers and may even add a couple more . i`d love a Bass clarinet .
I have
A Brushed finish Schrieber made Buffet B12 with most of the (feebly screened) lettering missing, though the thing is in lovely condition (almost as if schreiber did it deliberately to lose the Buffet name as fast as possible) , I love the keywork on this over the Yamahas and cheaper Hansons, it blows free-er too than those also .. Clarinets are what Buffet does well, Real well, you could play Professionally with a B12 thanks to that keywork, the B12 is without doubt the most famous budget clarinet.
Hanson SE5 . really a better horn than the B12 (I`d say better than the E series too) as it sounds sweeter through the range and the keywork is even better but it`s too resistive for me, they do a larger bore version which I`m looking into ..
Two Lyons C Clarinets (Ones in the Yard sale) . dead useful as its waterproof and in C , bombproof, Cheap used and user-fixable . sounds far better than it ought to , easier to play in the upper register than a "real" clarinet but as you can imagine, comparing the keywork to a B12 is like comparing a Sinclair C5 to a Mobility scooter (Both are electrically powered cars but I know which I`d trust my Granny on) . Great fun and Novel
Buescher Aristocrat . Unlike the Saxes, the aristos were budget models , basically the Bundy resonite with a more exclusive badge on - not as good as the B12 in any respect (though not miles behind), an easy blow with OK keywork..
I had a Yamaha 250 Briefly before the hanson (to try and sold it a week later ) I didn`t like it at all, it was as restrictive as the Hanson SE5 without the same sweet sound and the keywork wasn`t even close to the Buffet (slower and less precise) even the holes were harder to cover than the B12/SE5/Lyons/Buescher .
I had a Hanson Student model, the LE3 ? anyway the keywork was poor and had coil springs in (even the Buescher is better and the Hanson SE miles better) though the hard rubber body was superb and blew free-er than my current SE 5.
Deffo recommend the B12 and SE5 and higher Hansons, rather unimpressed with Yamaha from my personal experience (tried a 26 Mk1 too and it was worse than the 250) though I didn`t care for the Buffet B10 which is a lot less than a B12 with the bell ring missing . Old Resonites / bueschers are worth the lowball cash you can get them for and everyone should have a Lyons "Lego" Clarinet.
I`ve only got Clarinets here other than saxes and , err, have more than I thought .. I`m a persister with the `ol Misery Stick , not too good but very slowly inching ahead, it`s a LONG journey, apart from swapping the hanson for a larger bore and selling the second Lyons, I can`t see me selling any of the keepers and may even add a couple more . i`d love a Bass clarinet .
I have
A Brushed finish Schrieber made Buffet B12 with most of the (feebly screened) lettering missing, though the thing is in lovely condition (almost as if schreiber did it deliberately to lose the Buffet name as fast as possible) , I love the keywork on this over the Yamahas and cheaper Hansons, it blows free-er too than those also .. Clarinets are what Buffet does well, Real well, you could play Professionally with a B12 thanks to that keywork, the B12 is without doubt the most famous budget clarinet.
Hanson SE5 . really a better horn than the B12 (I`d say better than the E series too) as it sounds sweeter through the range and the keywork is even better but it`s too resistive for me, they do a larger bore version which I`m looking into ..
Two Lyons C Clarinets (Ones in the Yard sale) . dead useful as its waterproof and in C , bombproof, Cheap used and user-fixable . sounds far better than it ought to , easier to play in the upper register than a "real" clarinet but as you can imagine, comparing the keywork to a B12 is like comparing a Sinclair C5 to a Mobility scooter (Both are electrically powered cars but I know which I`d trust my Granny on) . Great fun and Novel
Buescher Aristocrat . Unlike the Saxes, the aristos were budget models , basically the Bundy resonite with a more exclusive badge on - not as good as the B12 in any respect (though not miles behind), an easy blow with OK keywork..
I had a Yamaha 250 Briefly before the hanson (to try and sold it a week later ) I didn`t like it at all, it was as restrictive as the Hanson SE5 without the same sweet sound and the keywork wasn`t even close to the Buffet (slower and less precise) even the holes were harder to cover than the B12/SE5/Lyons/Buescher .
I had a Hanson Student model, the LE3 ? anyway the keywork was poor and had coil springs in (even the Buescher is better and the Hanson SE miles better) though the hard rubber body was superb and blew free-er than my current SE 5.
Deffo recommend the B12 and SE5 and higher Hansons, rather unimpressed with Yamaha from my personal experience (tried a 26 Mk1 too and it was worse than the 250) though I didn`t care for the Buffet B10 which is a lot less than a B12 with the bell ring missing . Old Resonites / bueschers are worth the lowball cash you can get them for and everyone should have a Lyons "Lego" Clarinet.
