Klarinet Archive - Posting 001282.txt from 1998/05

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Plastic?/the big 3
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 17:48:25 -0400

On Mon, 25 May 1998, Roger Garrett wrote:

> Buffet, Selmer, and Leblanc. Yamaha is a close fourth.

This is certain to start WW III! My list is a little different. I think
it would be useful to ask how many players in major symphony orchestras
are playing Selmers. I suspect it is not very many. To me, Selmer makes
some good instruments which are ideal for certain specialized uses. I own
a Buffet, but when I play shows or double clarinet in a jazz band, I
always wish I were playing Selmer. But, Selmer seems to me to be much
more rare among orchestra players. Gigliotti, when he was principal in
Philadelphia, was a spokesman for Selmer for many years. But, I was
always told that the Selmers he played were very much different than the
ones which the average person on the street would get if they ordered one.

So, the bottom line is, my big three would be Buffet, Yamaha and LeBlanc,
in order of my estimate as to the frequency with which they are chosen for
use by orchestral players.

Fire away! ;-)

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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