Klarinet Archive - Posting 000449.txt from 1999/07

From: Margaret Squires <margeaux@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Buffet E 11
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 21:41:01 -0400

Just remember that attitude when you get an instrument from a mail order catalog
and it is unplayable, and you don't want to return it to the place of purchase
because the turn around time is three weeks.

Margaret

Ian Black wrote:

> Well, there's nothing like starting a good argument, huh? Maybe I should
> stick to lurking...?
>
> I have to agree that there is nothing to beat the personal service you get
> from reputable instrument shops. (do I need to add that I don't include the
> local guitar shop in this?) But is it really worth the price premium? When I
> got my clarinets (some 10-12 years ago) I was not aware of the existence of
> mail order, and bought from a local shop and got great service. I got to try
> out several different instruments in my own time before making the purchase
> (Buffet C12 Bb and R13 A). I later found out that I'd have paid less mail
> order.
>
> I can't, therefore, speak from experience about mail order companies. I
> have, however, heard nothing but good reports about Myatt's, a dealer in
> Hertfordshire, and I've not been able to find many cheaper instruments
> anywhere in the UK. John Myatt is an accomplished clarinet player, and I
> don't believe that he'd allow his staff to mail badly set up instruments.
> This is borne out by the reports I've heard. In my experience, local dealers
> have a hard time matching their mail order price. In any case I _always_ use
> them to check other people's prices against. (http://www.myatt.co.uk)
>
> ...and no, I'm not on commission!
>
> P.S. Anybody have any suggestions as to an alternative for the (lost)
> plastic sleeving at the point where the LH B/C# (clarion) levers reach the
> rest of the key mechanism?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CEField@-----.com>
> To: klarinet@-----.org>
> Date: 14 July 1999 14:49
> Subject: Re: [kl] Buffet E 11
>
> >
> >In a message dated 7/14/99 1:25:22 AM, margeaux@-----.com writes:
> >
> ><<I have spent hours with customers trying out all of the pro
> >flutes/trumpets/clarinets in our store to be told that our prices are too
> >high! Well, what do people expect from personal service!!>>
> >
> >I have to agree with Margaret. Mail order is great for many things, but you
> >take your chances with a clarinet. Unless you can tweak the instrument
> >yourself or can pay someone locally to provide that service, you might be
> >better off visiting a GOOD music store where they know clarinets. (I'm not
> >referring to the local guitar shop that happens to carry some clarinets.)
> You
> >know the adage "Penny wise and pound foolish."
> >
> >Cindy
> >
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