Klarinet Archive - Posting 000676.txt from 2000/03

From: "Dr. Laroy Borchert" <lborcher@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] A general note of CAUTION to the clarinet community from Francois Kloc
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 11:00:33 -0500

Francois,
Can you, or anyone else on the list, identify these "gray market"
dealers? I believe it would be advantageous for us as consumers to know
that.

Laroy

Dr. Laroy Borchert
Professor of Clarinet
Music Department
New Mexico State Univeristy
Las Cruces, NM 88003
(505) 646-3735 (office)

----- Original Message -----
From: Kloc, Francois <Francois.Kloc@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] A general note of CAUTION to the clarinet community from
Francois Kloc

> Dear All,
>
> I have been running throug some problem with players lately concerning
> Buffet clarinets warranty and would like to make a statment to you all.
> I want you to have the best support and product to fit your needs from
> us. This is a "heads up" regarding the sale of Buffet Crampon clarinets
> by North american retailers. There are several North American retailers
> who knowingly put their customers at the risk every time they sale a
> Buffet clarinet. It is very IMPORTANT that clarinetists purchase their
> Buffet clarinets or any Boosey & Hawkes instruments only from authorized
> B&H retailers. Many North American retailers obtain Buffet Crampon
> clarinets through non autorized and sometimes illegal methods. When
> these non authorized retailers get and sell B&H instruments,these
> instruments are called "gray market" products and present sometimes
> problems to the sometimes unknowing musicians who buy them.

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