Klarinet Archive - Posting 000940.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 22:46:57 -0400

At 09:00 PM 5/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
>On Tue, 18 May 1999, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>> Yes, the curious case of the Mark VII... But they did not keep both models
>> in production simultaneously (sort of like when the introduced "New" Coke).
>> And they've been trying to recapture the Mark VI ever since! Nope, Selmer
>> ain't perfect, either, but it appears that they are trying. With the
>> Series III, maybe they will close in on the Yamaha 875!
>
>I guess you did know about other problems but just forgot about them. And
>then you explain those away with a comment that they are trying. Oboy.
>Be nice if you gave the other companies a similar chance. Too busy with
>bitter thoughts.
>
OK, you still think I am simply bashing Buffet and supporting Selmer?
Well, Selmer's Bundy line of saxophones STINKS! They are archaic and
awkward to play. I cannot imagine why they have not corrected THEM, either
(They finally have replaced the alto, about 40 or 50 years late, but the
new tenor is not even on the horizon). If I had my choice between a Selmer
Paris S80 Series II alto (the accepted standard pro sax) and a Yamaha 875,
I would take the Yamaha in a heartbeat. But we've tried selling them. You
can't GIVE them away to people who walk in determined to buy themselves a
Selmer. But this IS the KLARINET list, and the R-13 WAS the original topic
of discussion. And that very attitude is really the main thing I object to.

By the way, yes, the Selmer USA clarinets leave plenty to be desired, too,
keywork-wise. I still like them for sound, but Yamaha, which we carry, and
Vito and Buffet (Evette), which we do not, also get my recommendation.
Don't get me started on Artley, yet UMI makes many fine instruments, too.
Yes, I am opinionated, but quite a bit more broadminded than you are trying
to paint me. I simply have questions about the Buffet model R-13. Period.

>> I may simply not remember any. But I sincerely wish to have my memory
>> refreshed.
>
>When Ronald Regan was president he didn't remember much either. When we
>refresh your memory, you just continue to complain.
>
Apparently I have already forgotten! When in the last two or three days
did someone post a problem they had about any other clarinet that required
extensive service to correct? Did I miss something?

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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