Klarinet Archive - Posting 000692.txt from 1998/08

From: "line ringuette" <lringuet@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] New Buffet Bass Clarinet???
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:07:21 -0400

Well,

I love my instrument,
but after re-reading your post on the mechanical improvements that have
been done to the model I have, I probably would have made a different
purchase had I had available to me all the info I now have.
but hey, no use crying in my own reed cane....maybe next time I won't be so
trusting!

> Well, my situation is worse. I LIVE two blocks from Brannen
> Woodwinds in Evanston, IL but can't quite afford their new instrument
> service after shelling-out $4xxx for my Buffet. As a side note, there
> isn't much cork on my instrument. Whatever. Bill quoted me $650.00,
> which sent me to tears. I agree, Brannenizing SHOULD be included in
> instrument price. I can't even count the number of people (including
> Mr. and Mrs. Brannen) who said, "It's a shame that such a nice instrument
> hasn't been Brannenized." Oh well.......
>
>
> Edmund White
> ewwhite@-----.edu
>
>
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