[Dixielandjazz] Volume and clarinets

[Jim Boone]

I mic all the time so nuance can be achieved.  As to horns that were good for volume, my all time favorite, stolen in 1966, was a Selmer Centertone built in '55.  A really big bore instrument, it is missed to this day.  With an open-faced MP it was fantastic.  I went to the Selmer Series 10 later and then a Buffet R13.  None matched the jazz (of any kind) abilities of the Centertone.  The Buffet is fine for legit but only adequate for anything else IMHO.