Klarinet Archive - Posting 000478.txt from 1998/05

From: "Jason Hsien" <jasonavhs@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Marca reeds
Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 14:53:11 -0400

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>

|On Sun, 10 May 1998, Bill Hausmann wrote:
|
|> Remember, Rico is owned
|> by the same company that distributes Buffet clarinets, so they must be
|> good, right?
|
|I assume this to be facetious. Ownership does not necessarily imply
|a direct hand in the process of manufacture. If I remember correctly,
|Rico was not acquired by Boosey until within the last 6 or 7 years,
|and its reed reputation was never very good.

Regardless! I mean, they've been able to have a tight grip on the
beginner/student market for... oh... forever? that's a tidy bit of profit...

Let's just all be happy that those reeds Buffet includes in it's horns
AREN'T Ricos. (Anyone ever try all the different flavors of Rico? Is there
ANY improvemet? (no no, bad choice of words... is there any DIFFERENCE?)
Rico, Rico Royal, Rico Jazz, Rico Select...

...and though I'm not sure, but I think Bill's comment about "so they muct
be good, right" was just a joke.

jasonavhs@-----.com
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