No. I have heard that you can break those clarinets in half easily. Are you looking for a beginning clarinet? If you are to get any clarinet, I would invest a little bit more money and buy a brand like Selmer, Yamaha, or a Buffet B12. Those are good brands for a beginning clarinetist.
Founded before the turn of the twentieth century, for most of its history Selmer Co. concentrated primarily on wind instruments--clarinets, trumpets, and saxophones--as well as violins.
Depending on the level of the player, different brands of clarinets can be bought. For beginners, Selmer, Yamaha, Normandy, and cheap Buffets. For Professional players, Buffet-Crampon Festival, Tosca, and R-13 Prestige, higher quality Yamaha and Selmer.
The best clarinets are wooden. Wooden clarinets are black. The colored ones are probably plastic, and I doubt they sound very good.
Both the CL-300 and 301 are very good student instruments. The CL-300 was produced during the 1990s (1990-1999) and has a glossy finish. The CL-301 comes with a satin finish that Selmer refers to as "simulated wood", but both are good quality plastic instruments. The older Selmer/Bundy instruments were, in their heyday, among the most ubiquitous (and less expensive) student instruments that you could buy. They were pretty reliable but were targeted for the beginner(s). Still good to keep around during high school for marching band (outside) drilling and performances, but the CL-300/301 series are, IMO, better quality instruments.
No. I have heard that you can break those clarinets in half easily. Are you looking for a beginning clarinet? If you are to get any clarinet, I would invest a little bit more money and buy a brand like Selmer, Yamaha, or a Buffet B12. Those are good brands for a beginning clarinetist.
Any good music store will have French made clarinets and the better models will be made of wood. The most common brands are Buffet Crampon a Paris and Selmer Paris (not to be confused with Selmer USA).
Founded before the turn of the twentieth century, for most of its history Selmer Co. concentrated primarily on wind instruments--clarinets, trumpets, and saxophones--as well as violins.
Depending on the level of the player, different brands of clarinets can be bought. For beginners, Selmer, Yamaha, Normandy, and cheap Buffets. For Professional players, Buffet-Crampon Festival, Tosca, and R-13 Prestige, higher quality Yamaha and Selmer.
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Boosey and Hawkes
The best clarinets are wooden. Wooden clarinets are black. The colored ones are probably plastic, and I doubt they sound very good.
Both the CL-300 and 301 are very good student instruments. The CL-300 was produced during the 1990s (1990-1999) and has a glossy finish. The CL-301 comes with a satin finish that Selmer refers to as "simulated wood", but both are good quality plastic instruments. The older Selmer/Bundy instruments were, in their heyday, among the most ubiquitous (and less expensive) student instruments that you could buy. They were pretty reliable but were targeted for the beginner(s). Still good to keep around during high school for marching band (outside) drilling and performances, but the CL-300/301 series are, IMO, better quality instruments.
Selmers are excellent. Also Gemeinhardts.
Selmer 1430P Bass Clarinet.
It depends on the model and the condition. Bundy Resonite Selmer Bb clarinets are so common that you would be doing very well to get $50 for it, even in excellent condition. Other models may sell for significantly more.