Klarinet Archive - Posting 000255.txt from 2001/11

From: Donna Higgins <Donna@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Amati Clarinet
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 21:24:06 -0500

James Lytthans wrote:

> I understand that, since the fall of the "Evil Empire", Amati has improved
> their quality drastically. Any comments from
> the rank and file? BTW, all the Amati clarinets are on back order from
> WW/BW.

The low-C bass clarinet I posted about yesterday (the long-B intonation issue)
is an Amati. The repair person who overhauled it for me was very impressed with
its quality, and said I wouldn't have found a better-sounding instrument if I'd
spent two or three times as much for a Buffet or Selmer. He knows his stuff,
and I trust his opinion.

I'm not sure when my Amati was manufactured. The serial number is 11331, if
that means anything to anyone.

- Donna

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> Jim Lytthans
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Donna M. Higgins

"So that's what Hell is: I'd never have believed it. Do you remember, brimstone,
the stake, the gridiron? What a joke! No need of a gridiron, Hell is other
people." - Jean-Paul Sartre

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