Klarinet Archive - Posting 000875.txt from 1998/09

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] The Best Clarinets
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 21:45:41 -0400

Bill H wrote:

<snip>
I don't know exactly where Jupiter instruments come from really, whether
one company or more. But we ORDER them from one company, and the ones we
get are stamped Taiwan.
<endsnip>

Which is the point. I'm told that they jointly/centrally market the
products made by a variety of companies under that brand, but there is a
variation in quality among the different lines.

My wife (a middle school band director) has actually seen the keys fall off
a Jupiter saxophone while it was being played (not abused, just
played--during a rehearsal). Calling them shoddy is an insult to shoddy
workmanship.

kjf

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