Klarinet Archive - Posting 000065.txt from 1999/05

From: Ken Wolman <Ken.Wolman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Malerne?
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 14:23:28 -0400

My girlfriend wants to get a used bass clarinet for her son, who played
mine a few times and has a total affinity for the thing. However, since
I refuse to give mine away:-), I've been hunting around the City. I
tried out a Kohlert, all wood, which I like less than my plastic
Selmer/Bundy: the tone is thinner and very stuffy. It also would not
take my mouthpiece: a basic Selmer would not go into the socket.

Roberto's on W. 46th has TWO of them in. One is a used pro Selmer for
$3K, in meticulously good shape; but for a student, that is a bit of
overkill. The other is a horn with the brand-name Malerne. It's
all-wood, too, and they want $800 for it.

So does anyone have any experience with Malerne instruments? Were they
sold under another brand name that would be more familiar. Is a used
bass in decent shape be worth $800?

Ken
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Ken Wolman dbtrader Deutsche Bank, N.A.
1251 Sixth Avenue New York, NY 10019 212-469-6494

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