Klarinet Archive - Posting 000426.txt from 1999/10

From: "Franklin Kercher" <kranwli@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Chinese sweatshop clarinets (fwd)
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 00:27:22 -0400

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From: Ken.Wolman@-----.com>
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Date: Thursday, October 14, 1999 10:33 AM
Subject: RE: [kl] Chinese sweatshop clarinets (fwd)

>> I got this from a fellow student - I'm actually tempted to purchase an
>> instrument just to see what the quality is like (which I'm
>> not betting is
>> very good). A clarinet for stinkin' $65 bucks?
>>
>> J. Shouryu Nohe
>>
>>
>http://www.jinyinmusic.com/english.htm
>
>Interesting, because the English language link doesn't DO anything. It
>just says "To hear excellent sound." There's no link to anything else.
> I don't read Chinese so I'm clueless about what they're selling.
>
>A clarinet for sixty-five bucks. I'm sure Sam Ash will be selling it
>in short order:-). They're the home of Winstons, Jean-Baptistes, and
>some other odd brands of horn. I was in Ash yesterday and in the glass
>case along with the Selmers, Buffets, and Yamahas, there was a
>Jean-Baptiste clarinet for a big $199.00. I think they claimed it was
>wood. Could I resist such a bargain? Betcha bippy.... I don't have a
>fireplace so I don't need kindling.
>
>Rod Baltimore sells used metal clarinets for $65. At least I know what
>I'd be getting there: used marching band horns, beat to s**t, and not a
>sterling silver Selmer in the lot.
>
>Ken
>
>I know what you mean. I recently had to make an "emergency purchase" of a
piccolo for my wife so she could tweet out some of the marches at our July
4th concert. The only one I could find used in my price range was a
"Parrot". It was made in China. It was like new with one of the shipping
pads still in place. Now all the soldering is failling. It don't tweet. None
of the local repairmen will touch it. We now have a high tech pea shooter
disguised as a mini flute.
>
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