Klarinet Archive - Posting 000124.txt from 2002/04

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: C Clarinets
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 07:22:02 -0500

Unfortunately, this excellent instrument seems to have been replaced by two
different, definitely inferior models.
Roger S.

In message <33.24d48a3c.29d73022@-----.org writes:
> In a message dated 3/30/2002 1:17:32 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> klarinet-digest-clarinet10001@-----.com writes:
>
> <<IIt's actually not much more than a Noblet *NEW* C clarinet, which is NOT a
> professional model, but an intermediate instrument.>>
>
>
> Kelly, in defense of Noblets, please do not tell that to my teacher, Helen
> Goode-Castro, who regularly plays with the LA Phil, the LA Chamber Orchestra,
> and the Riverside (CA) Symphony in addition to occassional studio gigs in Los
> Angeles. Several months ago, Helen "borrowed" my "intermediate" Noblet C for
> her San Francisco Opera orchestra audition (she also has the clarinet studio
> at Cal State Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County School for the Arts plus
> several students at Cal State Long Beach and UCLA). Before her audition, she
> got a "second opinion" from Michelle Zukovsky who commented that the
> instrument was definitely professional caliber. Of course, so is Helen!
>
> Don Gross
> La Canada, California
>
> p.s. Also don't tell Mitchell Lurie and Bob Gilbert who bought a "lot" of
> Noblet and Normandy! C clarinets from the Pomona Unified School district a
> few years ago to resell from Bob's store in Los Angeles. I believe that Ben
> Maas also plays on a Noblet C clarinet as to several other "professional"
> players on the list.
>
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