Klarinet Archive - Posting 000477.txt from 2000/09

From: alevin@-----. Levin)
Subj: Re: [kl]Hans Moennig and Selmer Clarinets
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 12:35:46 -0400

>
> As for Mr. Moennig working on Selmers, He became bitter after one of his
>customers had him to set up a pair of new buffet soprano clarinets and them
>gave the instruments to the Selmer Company to "copy". He felt that his
>acoustical knowledge and expertise was being exploited. From that day on he
>vowed never to work on a Selmer 10G. When a player would bring him a 10G Mr.
>Moennig would say, " You need to take it to the inventor and have him repair
>his creation.

I queried David Blumberg about this very incident some months ago. He
said that the 10 G was NOT just a copy of those Buffets. Mr. Moennig sure
thought so.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe from Klarinet, e-mail: klarinet-unsubscribe@-----.org
Subscribe to the Digest: klarinet-digest-subscribe@-----.org
Additional commands: klarinet-help@-----.org
Other problems: klarinet-owner@-----.org

   
     Copyright © Woodwind.Org, Inc. All Rights Reserved    Privacy Policy    Contact charette@woodwind.org