I didn't get the Lera being a beginner part either. She writes that she wants a professional clarinet, and the Buffet Tosca really is a professional clarinet. The E11 or clarinets like that is "just" good amateur clarinets And I don't believe that the most expensive clarinet is the best one, but I really like the Buffet's. Though I found some clarinet builders (is that the title?) that makes Hanson clarinets. They look really nice to!

And I'm very sorry Mr. Machine (Phil). My e flat isn't a festival but a prestige. My mistake! You know - you are allowed to make mistakes

OK. The best clarinet IS always the most expensive. BUT, we are talking about a beginner buying a Tosca. How will she ever learn to tune? The instrument does it for you. Lera is obviously a beginner since she can't even spell. None of the clarinet greats that I knew and know ever had trouble spelling.

I would myself suggest Vito's professional class. You can recognize it by the little lines scratched into the plastic to make it look like real wood. Have one of those will get you hangin' with the big boys in no time.

Ida, like I said, mistakes are for the weak. You don't even know what kind of Eb clarinet you have?

Seems weak to me.

The instrument won't do it for you. Even pro instruments can play out of tune. It depends on the musician, the mouthpiece, the reed (sometimes), the barrel, the clarinet itself, etc., but most of those issues (if not all) can be fixed with by the musician who's playing the instrument. When I began playing clarinet, I was still in elementary school, and I aced every spelling test I ever had. How well you spell isn't a reliable indicator of how well you play.

hmmm....

Seems like a layer of conspiracy has been added to my conspiracy theory. Buffet has even gotten control of this forum.

I won't re-iterate my previous theory, but I will say that it is now obviously proven to be true, seeing that I have been censored.

This is a great forum and I respect their decision to protect Buffet. Without Buffet's Goliath there would be no Vito(David).

Please buy whatever you can afford or fit onto a credit card since you obvously need the finest that money can buy for your gig in the third clarinet section of your junior high band. My middle school teacher told me I would never make it because I chose the wrong brand of clarinet.

Boy oh boy did I show her!

vitos are a line of beginner level plastic clarinets. not a "professional wood clarinet" which lera specifically stated she wanted to upgrade to.

not being a soprano player, i don't have any specific recommendations, but i do suggest you try out different clarinets of different brands to see which one is best suited to you. just because lots of professionals play on an R13 doesnt mean you won't like a selmer better. try them out!

noblet i think they r the best because i love mine very much

noblet i think they r the best because i love mine very much

Noblets were intermediate horns by Leblanc, weren't they? Not saying that to put you down. A lot of pros I know have been playing with some of the best sounds I've heard on intermediate clarinets. One of my teachers plays on a Selmer Signet Soloist, and yet he sounds wonderful. Really, I find that the instrument isn't everything.

Here again you are just trying to provoke my anger.

How many top level professionals do you know that play on an intermediate level clarinet? I'm starting to think that you are screwing around here.

We all know that the instrument is everything and that Vito used to make some of the best vintage clarinets anywhere. Now, since they have become a company devoted to the beginning clarinetist, their clarinets have taken a back seat to the Buffet Tosca.

I use Noblet clarinets during the winter to stay warm. They are VERY good in that respect.

Phil, you do not know what you're talking about. Be quiet and leave this discussion alone. You are evidently an "intermediate" instrumentalist yourself. That Noblet post was in no way directed to you, and I would greatly appreciate it if you would just refrain from "screwing-around" on this forum. The instrument is not everything, and most of the people on this forum understand that. Get this into your skull, Phil:

YOUR OPINION OF VITO CLARINETS DOES NOT REFLECT THE OPINION OF EVERYONE ON THIS FORUM, AS YOU SHOULD HAVE NOTICED FROM THE GREAT VARIETY OF POSTS YOU HAVE RECEIVED NOT ONLY ON THE FORUM PAGE BUT ON YOUR PERSONAL MEMBER PAGE. YOU MAY PREFER VITO, BUT MANY OF US THINK THEY ARE TERRIBLE INSTRUMENTS. YOU TELL US THAT NO PROFESSIONAL, AS YOU SUPPOSEDLY ARE, USES AN INTERMEDIATE HORN, YET YOU USE ONE MEANT FOR A BEGINNER.

I play on a Yamaha CSG-H (like I stated earlier) and I love it. It is ALWAYS in tune. I love it. Some clarinets are just completely in tune. My marching clarinet is about 15 cents flat all the time.

Also, my tone on my Yamaha is about 50 million times better than my tone on my Selmer. I went from having absolutely terrible tone and great technique, and it brought my tone up to nearly as good as my technique.

The quality of the clarinet does really affect your tone and intonation, but I agree it isn't everything.

I also don't agree the Buffet's are the best. My A clarinet is a Buffet, and I can't stand the harsh tone. I have always gotten a really harch tone with all Buffet clarinets. The bore of the Yamaha CSG is different, and I guess it gives me a more mellow, beautious tone.

So I reccomend whatever sounds best to you. Personally, I like a mellower clarinet sound. Try everything.

VINTAGE Vito clarinets are the best there is or ever was. You are showing your lack of experience by trying to hijack this thread and make me the scapegoat.

I'm nobody's goat!