Klarinet Archive - Posting 000390.txt from 1999/07

From: CEField@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Artist Instruments from Local Stores
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 15:41:38 -0400

In a message dated 7/14/99 1:31:01 PM, kevinfay@-----.com writes:

<<Consequently, I think it foolish to spend an extra thousand bucks to buy an
artist-level instrument from a local music store, when you're going to have
to drive a ways to get to a decent repair person anyway. IMHO, you're much
better off saving the six or seven hundred bucks buying the horn from Linda
Argiris or Dennis Bamber (who, incidentally, sell enough artist-quality
instruments to have a top-notch repair staff) and if necessary, getting it
fine-tuned by the repair person of your choice.>>

That was the point I was trying to make, Kevin, although maybe I didn't
phrase it well. The instrument itself is only part of the equation when
buying a new clarinet -- whether by mail order or from the brick-and-mortar
music store. The consumer needs to evaluate "price" AND "value." Some music
stores and some mail order companies fail to deliver on one, the other, or
both. The BEST of clarinet sellers offer the consumer real value for the
money.

Cindy

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