Klarinet Archive - Posting 001172.txt from 1998/09

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Vandoren Hand Select Reeds... hmmm...
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 04:08:30 -0400

It's not just the U.S. - they market (?) them in the U.K. too.
Roger Shilcock
(I haven't tried them - I prefer V12s anyway).

On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Jeff Carwile wrote:

> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:57:04 -0700
> From: Jeff Carwile <carwile@-----.org>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: "'klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: [kl] Vandoren Hand Select Reeds... hmmm...
>
> A friend of mine went to Paris and I asked him to pick up some Vandoren
> Hand Select reeds for me. In trying to do this, he found that none of
> the music stores sold hand select and was sent directly to Vandoren.
>
> When he arrived at Vandoren, he was informed that they don't have "hand
> select" reeds in France and that the normal Vandoren reeds are the same
> thing.
>
> Is "Hand Select" just marketing hype to increase the price of reeds for
> us cynical american clarinetists, or are "hand select" the reeds that
> are kept within France while the rejects are sent to the US, or does
> anyone have a better explanation or idea?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff Carwile
>
> carwile@-----.org
>
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