Klarinet Archive - Posting 000539.txt from 2002/03

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Boosey and Hawkes
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:20:23 -0500

naugahyde???

Do you now how many Naugas had to die to make that
case?

(more quotes of the absurd)

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.us>
wrote:
> I still have my Carl Fisher box too, that my 1968
> R-13 came in. I, too,
> still have the original case (that looks very new)
> and the naugahyde cover
> that came with it. While the zipper in the cover is
> pretty well worn out,
> the cover itself looks pretty good, still sporting
> the original gold seal.
> While this R-13 is my back-up, I wouldn't trade it
> for anything in the
> world. It got me where I am today.
>
> Nancy
>
> Nancy E. Buckman, Technical Assistant
> School of Health Professions, Wellness and Physical
> Education
> Anne Arundel Community College
> Arnold, MD 21012-1895 USA
> Phone 410-777-2316 Fax 410-777-2233
> E-mail nebuckman@-----.us
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mlmarmer [mailto:mlmarmer@-----.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 7:54 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Boosey and Hawkes
>
>
> Tom,
>
> When I bought my R13 in 1970, it was in a box from
> Carl Fisher of New York.
> I still have that box!
>
> After, playing since January, it is still a great
> instrument, with great
> tone, for being 33 years old. It was made in 1969.
> I am sorry to read
> about the quality of the Buffet Clarinets may not be
> as good as before, and
> I see on here and on buying websites allot of
> competition now for Buffet's
> business. That is too bad, because who ever
> purchased this line of
> clarinet, had a great reputation for quality, which
> over time can diminish
> quickly. For one, the replacement case and cover I
> purchased is not as good
> as the one I had in 1970.
>
> Mike Marmer
> Germantown, MD
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Tom.Henson@-----.com>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 5:14 PM
> Subject: RE: [kl] Boosey and Hawkes
>
>
> > I say we should take and wait and see attitude
> about a pending sale of
> > Boosey and Hawks. It could actually be a good
> thing.
> >
> > Many times, just before a company is sold, all
> investment in the quality
> of
> > a product will cease as the owners look for
> someone to bail them out. R&D
> > becomes an uncessary expense as well as maintaing
> the machinery to produce
> > the product.
> >
> > I remember back in the 70's when Buffet was still
> owned by someone from
> > Chicago I think, the same thing was said when
> Boosey and Hawks bought
> Buffet
> > back then.
> >
> > I was in Paris at the time and had the opportunity
> to talk with several
> > people who were intimate with the company. As bad
> as it was for a
> Frenchman
> > to accept that Buffet was owned by an Amercan
> company, it was worse for an
> > English company to own them, or so they felt at
> the time.
> >
> > I have to admit that some quality did suffer at
> the time, mainly the aging
> > of the wood and the plating of the keys which were
> both reduced
> drastically
> > after Boosey took over.
> >
> > Boosey eventually poured everything into the
> Buffet manufacturing side and
> > ceased making their own clarinets soon after.
> >
> > Peter Eaton, from London, purchased a lot of their
> left over machinery and
> > raw materials for a song. Now he makes one of the
> best clarinets available
> > today based upon the old Boosey models. How
> Ironic.
> >
> > Buffet did survive and is still considered one of
> the best clarinets in
> the
> > world today. How well they would compare against
> the way things used to be
> > done 30-40 years ago is another story.
> >
> > I don't want to start a post of how things were
> better in the old days or
> > why, but given the world economy that we have
> today, it is tough to build
> > quality products and still make a profit. Sooner
> or later, something has
> to
> > give.
> >
> > I have a Festival Greenline which I think is a
> vision toward the future of
> > clarinet manufacture and it does not suffer as far
> as I can see sound
> wise.
> > Again, Buffet is the only one doing this.
> >
> > Tom Henson
> >
> >
> > Ed Maurey said << It looks like we can safely
> look forward to a sharp
> > decline in the quality
> > Buffet clarinets. Magavox once owned Selmer. The
> results were
> disasterous.
> > >>
> >
> >
>
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