Klarinet Archive - Posting 000202.txt from 1999/03

From: "Carl Schexnayder" <carlsche@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Apologies to Carl Schexnayder
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 22:16:49 -0500

Thanks Kevin! It's nice to get some positive feed-back once in a while!
Carl Schexnayder
Kevin Wrote:

>In a post a few weeks ago, Carl noted that he spends a fair amount of time
>getting students to migrate from plastic student horns to the intermediate
>Leblanc models--specifically Normandies or Noblets. While I didn't put it
>quite this way in my reply, at the time I thought he was a nut.
>
>As luck would have it, however, I have just acquired a Noblet 45 in the key
>of C, in order to play a Strauss wind serenade. They're on sale at the
>Woodwind for $1299, and are the cheapest C you can currently buy. I had
>them send me 3 with the expectation of sending 2 back.
>
>These horns are GREAT. The intonation is pretty good--particularly in the
>altissimo--but for the low A which is quite sharp. The fit and finish,
>however, is superb; much better than most student horns. Other than a
>couple of design things (like the straight Vito-style "jump" keys and the
>interface on the left had pinky keys) I don't see that much of a difference
>in the quality of construction from the "artist" horns. If a student can
>get one of these in Bb for five or six hundred bucks, it's a steal.
>
>I am a happy camper.
>
>kjf
>
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