Klarinet Archive - Posting 000514.txt from 1997/11

From: Gary_VanCott@-----.com
Subj: RE: Simon's visit from Vandoren
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:40:56 -0500

Gary VanCott=NHIN
11/13/97 08:40 AM
In my opinion, B&H/Buffet doesn't actually "market" anything in the United
States, although they manage to sell quite a few instruments despite this.

Gary Van Cott
Las Vegas, NV

roger.shilcock @-----.uk on 11/13/97 08:21:03
AM

Please respond to klarinet@-----.us

cc: (bcc: Gary VanCott/NHIN)
Subject: RE: Simon's visit from Vandoren

re RCs: My A clarinet is an RC, and I was just wondering why they are
virtually *never* discussed and certainly never evaluated on this list.
Are they simply not marketed at all in the States?
Roger Shilcock

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Michael Norsworthy wrote:
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 08:45:44 -0500
> From: Michael Norsworthy <mnorsworthy@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: "'klarinet@-----.us>
> Subject: RE: Simon's visit from Vandoren
>
> My former teacher, Kjell-Inge Stevensson plays one of the DGs in the
Stockholm
> Symphony. According to him they play very much like the Buffet Festivals
but
> are much better in tune and have much greater projection. As he
understood it
> this clarinet was made for the European market and would not be marketed
in the
> US for about 2-3 years (granted I studied with him in 1995-96). So this
may be
> the time for them to "come over", as it were, to the American market.
>
> One question I have. Why are the Buffet Prestige RC clarinet so damned
> difficult to find in the US? None of the major suppliers in the US have
them
> and when they finally get one in, it's already sold. Just as curious as
I'm
> looking to buy one of these in the near future.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael Norsworhy
> mnorsworthY@-----.net
>