Klarinet Archive - Posting 000179.txt from 1999/02

From: "Carl Schexnayder" <carlsche@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Evette Clarinets
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 18:24:25 -0500

Jack:
I've only had two or three students in my band who have had them. I found
that the metal bent easily, the joints didn't fit together that well, and
there didn't seem to be anything especially good about them. They sounded
ok, but I was far happier with the LeBlanc line of student clarinets,
(Noblet & Normandy............The Vito is also in the LeBlanc line but it's
plastic, except for the "VSP", and I don't let my students play on plastic).
The "VSP", by the way, is an excellent intermediate level clarinet. I don't
like the sound of the Selmer "Signets", so the Buffet, (in the wood models),
sounds better to me. Still, the "Signet" is also more sturdy than the
Evette's. I found the Yamaha student line clarinets had the same types of
problems as the Buffet"s.

Carl Schexnayder

Jack Wrote:

>The controversy is in reality local but I have never checked with the list
for
>their opinion. Evette was a brand not built by Buffet but by a company that
>was licensed to use the Buffet name. (This is as I understand it, real
facts
>may be different.) The buyer often thinks that they are getting something
>comparable to a Buffet at a reduced price. I have had a couple and was not
>impressed with them and would much prefer a Selmer 100 series. (That is not
a
>plug for the one I have listed for sale.) I frankly believe that there is a
>tendency to pay more for an Evette because of the Buffet name on the logo
when
>a better instrument could be had for less. I am copying this to the
Klarinet
>list and would like to hear others opinions on the Evette Schaeffer
clarinets.
>
>Jack Dannenberg
>
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