Klarinet Archive - Posting 000653.txt from 2000/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Signature and series 10
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:11:10 -0500

At 08:42 AM 2/16/2000 +0000, Roger Shilcock wrote:
>Yes - NOW, maybe. The WebSite "Omega" model apparently (optionally?) had an
>improved B flat mechanism. This is what I was trying to refer to.
>Roger S.
>
Oh, yes, obviously a rare model. Funny how these improved mechanisms
(Omega, Stubbins, Mazzeo) consistently fail in the marketplace. Yet such
mechanisms are virtually ALWAYS used on bass clarinets, probably because
the problems they solve are greater on those instruments.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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