Klarinet Archive - Posting 000759.txt from 1995/05

From: Robert Moody <Musix4me@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Vito clarinets: good or evil?
Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 15:15:06 -0400

In a message dated 95-05-26 13:03:26 EDT, Don wrote:

>You could give a
>beginning student a $3000 clarinet and a great mouthpiece and they
>probably wouldn't sound any better than on the plastic Vito.

It just so happens I have a $2500 Buffet R13 Prestige and I DID let a 5
grader play on it. Guess what. . . .? They did indeed sound better as far
as tone is concerned.

I'm sure this is not really any news to anyone but just in case anyone had
never tried it, whallah.

Robert Moody