Klarinet Archive - Posting 000123.txt from 1999/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bass clarinet question
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 20:38:57 -0500

At 07:40 AM 12/4/1999 EST, LeliaLoban wrote:
>
>Bill Hausmann wrote,
>>At 02:06 PM 12/3/1999 -0800, Neil Leupold wrote:
>>>Or are you suggesting that YAMAHA and Leblanc have a partnership of some
>kind?">>
>
>>Yes, they do. Most Holton student instruments are (or at least were for a
>while) made by Yamaha.>
>
>Thanks for helping sort things out. Just to clarify -- this information
>about recent clarinets probably doesn't apply to "vintage" ones. Holton was
>founded in 1898. Holton catalogues from the early 1930s say that the
>clarinets at that time were made "by one of the world's leading
>manufacturers" (unspecified). Not sure how long Yamaha has been around, but
>I think conventional wisdom is that those early 20th century Holtons came
>from France. According to the catalogues, Holton manufactured its own brass
>instruments in Elkhorn, Wis. back then.
>
Holton, these days (last 15-20 years), is just a name owned by Leblanc. I
erred in a previous post. Leblanc is, of course, in KENOSHA, not Elkhorn,
WI, which was Holton's home. Holton was a major player years ago. I don't
know whether they imported instruments; I did not think so, but I could be
wrong. They were better known for the brasses of their own manufacture,
and the Rudy Weidoeft signature saxes.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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