Klarinet Archive - Posting 000332.txt from 1996/04

From: Fernando Silveira <fersilv@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: VanDoren and European Shops
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 21:46:17 -0400

At 15:34 11/04/96 EDT, you wrote:
>My sometime teacher and good friend is, alas, not on this list, so I'm writing
>for her. She's going to Clarifest in Paris this summer. I'm not (alas.) Can
>anyone help her with two questions:
>
> 1. She'd like to visit the VanDoren reed making factory. Does anyone
>know where it is, and/or what procedures, if any, one must go through to get a
>tour? Are there any special handshakes necessary at the door? :-)
>
> 2. I've told her the best music stores are on Rue Rome in Paris. Is
>that correct? Can anyone help with names/locations in Paris, and London, where
>she will also be traveling?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Ed Lowry
>Sacramento
>
>
Vandoren
Rue Lepic 56
Phone (1) 42 57 94 40
Fax (1) 42 58 27 55
Their doors are open for all musicians, and you are right, the best( and
expensives ) shops are at Rue de Rome. I recomend you "MUSIC ET ART". If you
have skills with bisness you can buy good things and horns. (If you are a
student or professional musician you have a discount)
Fernando Silveira