Klarinet Archive - Posting 000874.txt from 1999/09

From: "mark weinstein" <cpaok@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Vote for the Best Clarinet
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 19:31:34 -0400

Since your budget is limited and you want to obtain the best value for your
daughter, please .... TAKE YOUR TIME!

Involve a qualified teacher or possiblt a known musician to assist in the
slecetion of ONE clarinet from many.
There are MANY stores (and all of the catalogue sellers have a retail site
<ttbomk> ).

Also, because this purchase is important consider the dealer and HIS
warranty. Some dealers will replace a cracked instrument, most manufacturers
have prtovision of repair within a stated period of time of purchase.

BUT, these vary from merchant to merchant.

Some dealers will sell you a CRACK/REPLACEMENT Policy .... Weinedr and WW7BW
do. I am sure others do as well. Some are one year, no questions asked.
Others have a longer or extending provisions.

As was told Indiana Jones in "Indiana Jones and The Last Crusadel" ....
"Choose wisely!"

No rush. I am unaware of any price increases that are coming down the pike
Taiwan is big on RAM, not clarinets.

Good luck to you and your daughter. She is fortunate to have you for a Dad!

Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subject: Re: [kl] Vote for the Best Clarinet

> Rick wrote:
> [all snipped]
>
> Rick,
> PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! Don't select a clarinet this way. Please have your
> daughter go out & try a number of clarinets. While we all have personal
> biases for and against certain models - they're _our_ biases. Let your
> daughter, talented as she is, make her selection, perhaps with the
guidance
> of her teacher.
>
> There are four major manufacturers of high-level (sometimes called
> "professional", but common among amateurs, also) clarinets - Buffet,
> Leblanc, Selmer, and Yamaha. All have proponents & detractors, but any one
> of them can be a fine instrument when in the right hands. Any of these
> manufacturers are worth considering. There are a few other manufacturers
in
> this price range (Patricola and Eaton spring to mind) but I'm not sure
> they're the best choice in a general case, and finding a number of these
to
> try out is problematical in the USA if that's indeed where you're located.
>
> And ... any one of them may be a lemon. Any and all your daughter may try
> out may be worthy candidates, too. But ... she needs to spend some working
> with a number of clarinets, especially since this is a one-time shot.
>
> I know the feeling. I did the same for two of my sons so far (one studying
> clarinet, one playing jazz on trumpet).
>
> Cheers, and good luck to you and your daughter.
>
> Mark Charette@-----.org
> Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org
>
>
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