Klarinet Archive - Posting 000512.txt from 1998/12

From: dhughes@-----.com (David Hughes)
Subj: Re: [kl] inferior instruments
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 13:03:23 -0500

I saw a similar Chinese clarinet, apparently purchased by my neighbors for
their sone through a mail order catalogue for about $150. "How bad could
it be?" they thought.

It was awful. It *looked* mostly like a clarinet, but the "springs" were
like
paper clips! They would not keep the pads down when air was blown through,
let alone allow for any regulation.

I hope they got a refund, or at least a "store credit."

At 09:39 AM 12/12/1998 EST, you wrote:
>Sherry Katz wrote,
>>>...I went ahead and got this Chinese flute for $125.... [snip] After
>readjusting the keys a few times it started going really badly out of
>adjustment.
>I read a similar story on the Classic Sax bulletin board, where someone
said a
>brand new Taiwanese- made sax fell apart during shipping.

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