Klarinet Archive - Posting 001207.txt from 1997/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Artley?
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 22:46:04 -0400

At 12:32 PM 9/26/97 -0400, Scott Morrow wrote:
>Has anyone on the list had any experience with Artley clarinets? I've
>checked the archives and have not seen any mention of them. It is a wood
>clarinet - probably a student model.
>
I don't know about their wood clarinets, but I would avoid their plastic
ones if possible. The ones I have seen are extremely sharp in the throat
tones. And I have seen and heard of a number of them cracking in the
vicinity of the thumbhole.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.