Klarinet Archive - Posting 000362.txt from 1995/12

From: Jacqueline G Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Western Music Stores?
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 15:43:43 -0500

Hi, Gary,

I would suggest you go with California, rather than Arizona, on your horn
choices -- at least in Tucson, I know the selection is almost zero, and I
don't know of anyone who uses any shops in Phoenix either (which is only
two hours away).

Robert Gilbert Woodwinds is in LA and they always have a large selection
of horns at pretty good prices. That's where I got my last horn, but I
did it through the mail. Unless you live somewhere like LA, Chicago, or
New York, you stand a better chance of getting a good horn by mail order,
IF you know the right dealer and what specific characteristics you're
looking for. I would imagine that the "musical instrument dealers" in
Tucson probably sell one Buffet R-13 a year, and that it came from a
warehouse that had been thoroughly picked over first!!

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu

On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Gary Van Cott wrote:

> I have seen some discussion of retail (and mail order) sources for
> clarinets on the list and in the archives (I am now up to mid-June
> 95). However, all that I recall have been in the East. Are there
> places with good prices and selection in California or Arizona? (I'll
> be in Phoenix next week.)
>
> The only place I am aware of is Anahiem Band Instruments. They have a
> (somewhat underdeveloped) Web page at http://abimusic.com/abimusic/.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Gary
>
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