Klarinet Archive - Posting 000386.txt from 2000/12

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Contra advice (lots!)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 10:44:29 -0500

At 08:27 AM 12/7/00 -0700, you wrote:
>I've set up a brand new BBb Vito contra bass clarinet. The folks at
>Leblanc don't have a clue as to how it should be set up. When I got it,
>it really didn't play and the tuning was really stupid.

My experience with Leblanc was similar. I paid $60 to ship my (then)
Leblanc Basset Horn to them for tech work two weeks before arriving - which
Dave Serber agreed to do. He didn't even look at it until 20 minutes
before I arrived. Then I was told there was nothing that could be
done. Francois found a post that was falling out - and repaired it for
me. The design was still not ideal - so I switched to a Buffet Basset
Horn. Best thing I ever did.

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Assistant Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Head, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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