Klarinet Archive - Posting 000491.txt from 1998/04

From: "Justin Wood" <olio555@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Old Strasser Clarinet
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 10:07:01 -0400

I agree 100% with Roger. Except, I think Buffet R-13's are the standard
too!

As for a brand name discussion, once again I am inquiring about Patricola
clarinets. What does everyone who has every played one think? I have been
corresponding with Muncy Winds in North Carolina and the Patricoal Brothers
in Italy.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Date: Thursday, April 09, 1998 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: Old Strasser Clarinet

>On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, C E Field wrote:
>
>> I have worked on many clarinets over the past year and a half; Quite a
few had
>> a surprisingly nice tone. Even no-name instruments have delighted me. But
>> NOTHING compares to my R13 for overall quality of construction and tone.
There
>> is a reason why Buffet R13s are the standard to which others are
compared.
>
>Uh oh, I sense a rumbling from the list, a collective gnashing of teeth.
>I fear there is another *gulp* brand name discussion on the horizon.....
>
>o boy.
>
>Roger Garrett
>IWU
>