Klarinet Archive - Posting 000547.txt from 2000/12

From: Sterkel Terrance-W15462 <T.Sterkel@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Vito Clarinet
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 07:22:41 -0500

While my baby is being pampered by Mr. Naylor,
I have rented a Vito Bb Soprano. The shop had
5 beginners, only one seemed to hold a tune, so
it is the one I now have. They were all "just
reconditioned." This Vito has an interesting feature
in that you can give yourself a manicure on the rough
rings.

Honestly, 35 years ago, (here it comes), my woody
Selmer Bundy was a nice unit, and I never got nicks
and scrapes from it!

{*}
Terry Sterkel, P.E.
Motorola Personal Communications Sector
mailto:t.sterkel@-----.com
+1 732 878 8662, fax +1 732 878 8001

: -----Original Message-----
: From: Bill Hausmann [mailto:bhausmann1@-----.com]
: Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 4:50 PM
: To: klarinet@-----.org
: Subject: Re: [kl] Vito Bass Clarinet Advice (was Vito Bass Clarinet
: Advice)
:
:
: At 01:41 PM 12/10/2000 EST, A4ACHESON wrote:
: >In a message dated 10/12/00 4:36:40 am, Bill Hausmann wrote:
: >
: ><<NO instrument should be expected to withstand beginner abuse.>>
: >
: >While I agree with this, some makes can withstand much more
: beginner abuse
: >than others, and I don't think Vito, and in particular
: Jupiter, are among
: >them. But I have extensively used Vito Bb clts for beginners
: as the third
: >finger RH hole is smaller than that on any other I've tried,
: a particular
: >problem for small hands/fingers.
:
: Excellent point.
:
:
: >The m/p provided was very poor and needed to be replaced.
:
: Most stock OEM mouthpieces are. Vito sells a clarinet model
: called a V40
: that is basically a brush-finish Vito with bell ring, nicer
: case, and a
: Woodwind K10M mouthpiece. I have just started using one of
: these as my
: REGULAR mouthpiece, based on its much stronger chalumeau and
: better general
: projection than my O'Brien crystal and smooth, effortless
: break-crossing
: and overall response. Oddly enough, although it is much more
: open than the
: O'Brien, I have been using exactly the same reeds. The V40
: lists at $795
: vs. $600 for the regular Vito.
:
: >I had no problems with Vito bass clts. but lots with Jupiter
: flutes, if I
: may
: >mention that instrument here.
: >
: I'm not sure I they are MY favorite flutes, but I own an
: Armstrong, so what
: do I know? We have had a FEW problems with them, but we have
: several local
: private teachers who swear by them.
:
:
:
: ______________
: Bill Hausmann
: bhausmann1@-----.com
: 451 Old Orchard Drive
: http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
: Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ
: UIN 4862265
:
: If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
:
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