HI All,
Well after all the hoopla of the Patricola I actually sent it back. Not that it wasn't a great instrument. It was and is a very good clarinet but my Buffet R13 plays as good as the Patricola and after I got over the flash of the rosewood I decided it wasn't worth the 3 grand I paid for it. Also there was something that Patricola did that I wasn't happy with so part of me sent it back (in the words of Jerry Seinfeld) "For spite").
So now I still have my R13 and I'm thrilled with it. And now I have 3 grand to spend on STUFF
so I just ordered a kessler alto. I’m going to try it for the 3 day period and see if I like it. The reason I'm going to get an alto is that I have been playing around with my WX5 and VL-70M and see that I cannot get the sound I really want with it so I'm going to get rid of it.
And with the rest of the money I am going to buy another barrel or two for the Buffet. Maybe the Hourglass shaped one or the Reverse conical one. I'll also buy some reed modifiers (I already have the Van Doren Glass resurfacer but there is another machine that looks interesting. Or maybe get some machine for making reeds. It's fun to spend money
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Anyway enough babbling for now. Hope everyone is having a great summer.
Steve
