Klarinet Archive - Posting 000122.txt from 1999/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Artley Clarinets
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 09:22:41 -0400

At 03:56 PM 9/6/1999 +1000, Roderick Ellem wrote:
>Earlier this year I went into a shop in Brisbane were they had on display a
>wooden Artley with....(ready for this) gold plated keys. Acording to some
>blurb I picked up it was suposedly a "professional model" and was made from
>aged Grenadilla wood. They were asking...(ready for this)... $2799 for this
>instrument. I couldn't believe it. Although I didn't play it I did play an
>identical instrument at a music place in Melbourne only it was an Armstrong
>( Correct me if I'm wrong but are they the same company?) and it played
>exactly the same as my student's plastic student model Armstrong's (whom I
>beg to get a better instrument!!). These 2 clarinets looked identical and
>the blurb on both was the same. I wouldn't accept either brand instrument if
>I won them in a raffle!!!! Mind you they looked fantastic especially with
>the gold keys. Ideal for a lamp!
>All the best
>Rod.
>
You are correct. Armstrong and Artley clarinets are both made by United
Musical Instruments. They also make stencil copies of their saxophones
under the Conn and King labels. The extreme weakness of their clarinets is
a puzzle to me, since some of their other instruments are top drawer!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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