Klarinet Archive - Posting 000905.txt from 1999/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl]Hans Moennig's solution the Dark Clarinet Tone
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 06:46:22 -0400

At 08:54 PM 5/18/99 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:

>> I decided, based upon one I played in 1972 or '73 that
>> I did not care for them, or at least that one, and bought a Selmer instead,
>> which I DID like.
>
>Wow...you tried one. Very persuasive. What about the people who have
>tried literally hundreds? Who should we believe.....you or them?
>
That was what I had available to me at that time. Those who have tried
hundreds and made their selection on that basis, WHATEVER the selection may
be, should be be believed that the clarinet they selected was the best one
for them, as long as they did not limit their search to one brand due to
the bias of their teachers, etc.

>> That is the way it is supposed to work. Had that Buffet
>> back then played like the last one I played, things might even have turned
>> out differently.
>
>And that's fine....fair enough. But, since it dien't, you bad mouth a
>company with no facts, no personal experience in over 26 years, and you
>want us to listen to what you have to say?
>
I'm not badmouthing them. I want to know if the unflattering comments I
have heard about some of their products are limited to those products, or
are endemic to clarinets in general. So far, I have heard a lot of silence
regarding the competition.

>> I only KNOW that
>> the recent R-13 was repaired because of my job. If I had been just a
>> customer off the street, the experience would have had no downside. But
>> the knowledge is relevant in this discussion, even if anecdotal.
>
>You'll have to explain the above sentence to me. I've read it several
>times and have no idea what it means.
>
It means that the repairs were professionally done. There was no tell-tale
indication that anything had been done. I only knew that repairs had been
made because the shop told me so. If it had been in that condition when it
originally arrived at the store, there would be no cause to beef.

>Bill......you really need to lighten up. You have no evidence except a 26
>year old example - isolated - and a bunch of comments from a couple of
>people. By the way - how's the Selmer working out that you bought?? Any
>problems, defects, pitch issues. Which instrument was it by the way?
>
At the risk of drawing out just the sort of information I have been
seeking, it is a 1971 Series 10 (pre-10S, 10G designations). Nothing has
been done to it other than normal maintenance over the last 26 years. No
complaints.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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