Klarinet Archive - Posting 000538.txt from 1998/05

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] C Clarinets
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 14:26:59 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.91
> Subj: Re: [kl] C Clarinets

> >Any of the big three make C clarinets with prices about 15% above
> >that of a standard B-flat clarinet. Less expensive and perfectly
> >satisfactory C's are also available but that was not the question
>
> Dan,
> Would you be referring to the Noblet C clarinet?
> It is a great value and a heck of a horn. These play better in tune for
> me than any Buffet C I've come across.
> Matthew Hanson
> Houston, TX

That is exactly to what I was referring Matthew. Everyone speaks
very highly of the instrument and I certainly would not spend
15% more than the standard price to get one with a fancy name when
such a good quality instrument is available so reasonably. But
you say that it plays better than any Buffet C you have come across.
Why do you limit its quality only to a comparison with Buffets?
Who says that they made good (or bad) C clarinets. And I had a
Buffet C that dated to 1895 (and in a Boehm system no less - it
now being owned by David Niethamer of Richmond) so I'm not one
to criticize or blame Buffet in this respect.

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Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
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