Klarinet Archive - Posting 001297.txt from 1998/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Noblet 45
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 14:27:37 -0500

At 02:14 PM 1/31/98 -0600, Jennifer McKenna wrote:
>Dear Feodor,
> My advice to you would be to stay away from Noblet clarinets. I
>had the duty of playing on a Noblet bass clarinet to find it was horrific.
>And it was fairly new also. I taught a student that started on a Noblet
>clarinet and we found that the instrument had many alignment problems and
>what not a good instrument at all. I'm pretty confident you will find
>something you like in the Buffet line, you may also want to try the
>LeBlanc line, and the Selmer line. good luck to you!
>
I have never heard of any bad experience with a Noblet myself. My own
Noblet bass is OK. It would be one of my first choices for an intermediate
instrument, along with the Buffet E-series.

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