Klarinet Archive - Posting 000418.txt from 1998/05

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Sax
Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 12:47:04 -0400

On Sat, 9 May 1998, Richard Hays wrote:

> I would like to ask a question. Why is everyone omitting other sax
> brands? Everyone talks about Selmar, Bundy, Buescher, Yamaha, etc. but
> no one has spoken of the Vito. I purchased a Leblanc Vito alto sax four
> years ago brand new. It has the sweetest sound of any sax I have ever
> heard. Don't you think that it is not the instrument entirely but the
> player? Granted that I am still learning, but I feel that in the proper
> hands the Vito is comparable to any brand.

There is some truth to this, but at the same time, Vito is still not a
professional level horn. I've played vitos, and they are nice (they do
have a slightly darker quality than most brands of the same level). They
are constructed well and are quite decent - but are just under par (or is
it over par? I don't play golf...) with what is considered a proline sax.
I would compare it to a Sonata or Infinite clarinet by LeBlanc, or perhaps
a Buffet B-12. Good, great, but not the best. There's nothing wrong with
that, mind you - it's just that in general, I'm only going to lean to the
best, because I'm deluded enough to be a performance major, and in that
field, they only take the best...^_^

Shouryu Nohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe; ICQ 6771552
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