Klarinet Archive - Posting 000930.txt from 2000/03

From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.us>
Subj: RE: [kl] New member with Buffet quality question
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 20:55:21 -0500

Mr. Nohe,

Never would I base a judgement on a tangible item and the service supplied
with it with such a cavalier attitude. How could you possibly know how many
of one vendor's stock is more defective than another's? How would you feel
if I posted to the list and said that I had friends who attended three or
four your orchestra's concerts and based on what they heard coming from the
clarinet section (of which a good percentage of the playing is yours) the
orchestra, in general, stinks and the clarinet section, in particular, is
appalling? I think a step back and an apology might be the courageous thing
to do.

Nancy

Nancy E. Buckman, Technical Assistant
School of Health Professions, Wellness and Physical Education
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, Maryland 21012 USA

> In any case, I have encountered three players in my area who have
> purchased clarinets from WWBW that have cracked, two being Buffets, one
> being a Selmer 10 series. Yet I know more people who have purchased from
> Muncy who have never had a problem (although I should exclude three of
> them, including myself; we bought Greenlines).
>
> I live in a very dry climate, for the most part, that, during key weeks in
> the year, goes through a very drastic change, for perhaps only a few
> weeks. This usually occurs in the mid Summer and mid fall, when for
> three or four days, it will pour on and off rather suddenly and
> drastically.
>
> Most of my friends do not oil or 'protect' their instruments with the
> exception of in-case humidifiers. The only instruments that I know of
> cracking have either come from a local store (well...actually one in El
> Paso) or WW/BW. A friend who plays an Opus does occasionally find his
> tenon rings loosening, and his keys with lots of play, so he's constantly
> sending it in for adjustment...I -THINK- he purchased from WWBW as well,
> but I'm not sure. But he doesn't use a humidifier, either. (He also
> marches with the thing...don't try...we've all warned him numerous times.)
>
> One of the unlucky WWBW customers (who is no longer a student here) had a
> theory that in places like NM or AZ, WWBW probably sends their lower
> quality clarinets since the climate is so lousy anyway, so there is no
> hope either way. I don't know if its true or not; my best guess is simply
> that WWBW operates on a larger scale than Phil Muncy or Fred Weiner, and
> therefore doesn't select their instruements as meticulously.
>
> Does some of the fault still lie with Buffet? I dunno. I'd like to think
> 'no', because I know that Muncy tends to pick the jewels of the bunch, and
> so those of us who purchase get good instruments for certain. Nothing
> material is perfect, no matter how much you pay for it (anyone who owns a
> Lotus Esprit will tell you...or a DeLorean), and there is most likely a
> natural bell curve within ALL manufacturing processes that produces a few
> serious lemons, a few serious perfections, a large number of fine
> products, and then an amount that falls in between fine/lemon and
> fine/perfect. (Unless, again, you are purchasing a DeLemoian...er,
> DeLorean.) A lot that decides what you get from that bell curve is where
> you go to purchase the product.
>
> At least, that's my theory.
>
> J. Shouryu Nohe
> http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
> Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
> "I don't know, and I don't have an opinion." - Jet Black
>
>
>
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