Klarinet Archive - Posting 000190.txt from 1997/12
From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu> Subj: Re: Student Horns Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 12:40:44 -0500
On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, J. Shouryu Nohe wrote:
> Vitos are fine beginner horns...but that's all. But, since Prof. Garrett
> mentioned Basses...yes, Vito does make a decent bass, but I'll take the
> Buffet any day. Indeed, a mouthpiece often does make the machine where
> basses are concerned, I often find the throat range very reliable in Vitos
> (well, most basses in general, barring really old or really new Buffets
> and Selmers).
Buffet does not make a beginner bass clarinet (at least I don't think they
do......) - that was my point about the Vitos. I would take a Buffet
Prestige Bass over a Vito also....
Roger Garrett
IWU
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