Klarinet Archive - Posting 000566.txt from 1998/09

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Warrantee?
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 02:08:54 -0400

>What I do think, is that if I had concerts and had to rent a horn I was
not familiar with from a local shop to play (which would be around $100
for a minimum 1 month rental here in New York) so that all of these
repairs/matchings could occur, I would have much rather paid the $99 and
got a totally new clarinet overnight from F. Weiner with the no
questions asked guarantee.

You'll still have an unfamiliar horn to play ... and I'm not sure I'd
stake my career (if I had one) on a horn that I never had a chance to
play.

I'm not saying that that $99.00 extended warrantee isn't any good, just
that it still isn't any panacea.

BTW - all that "repairs/matching" took 3 hours - after I got in contact
with the right people. Getting in contact with the right people (in this
case Francois) took quite a long time and not just a little frustration
on my part.
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