Klarinet Archive - Posting 000752.txt from 2002/07

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Rossi Clarinets
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:34:03 -0400

In advance...sorry for the long post.

There are also MORE than a few people here on the list who use
these instruments professionally. I haven't heard one single
complaint about the Rossi instruments until now. Actually, all
of the Rossi players on the list rave about the instruments, and
most of them switched from a BIG 4 brand (i.e. Buffet, Selmer,
Leblanc, and Yamaha.)

I have to say, when I was a graduate assistant for a college
doing my graduate work, MANY of the students did not have the
foggiest idea how to take care of a student instrument, much
less a first class one. I did repairs for AT LEAST 5 of each of
the clarinets, saxophones, flutes, and piccolos each week,
including bent keys and pads falling out. I usually look to
professionals who play professional instruments for insight, NOT
college students, as I also look to beginner students for their
insight on beginner instruments, NOT professionals.

Anyone presently on the list here with Rossi clarinets care to
add their insights to the discussion? I have tried the
instruments, and liked them a lot, but have other custom
instruments, so I can't give a day-by-day idea of how they hold
up. I would love to know what people on the list think of them
now that they have been playing on them for a while.

Below is a COPY of a post FROM THE KLARINET ARCHIVES with a few
quoted other posts about Rossi clarinets (all with original
authors noted) from September 1996 (this quoted material is NOT
from one of my posts.) All of them look quite complimentary.
There are many other raves about Rossi instruments in the
archives.

QUOTE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 23:26:04 -0700
From: "Michael D. Moors" <mdmoors@-----.US>
Subject: Re: Rossi Clarinets

Starr,

Although, I am not fortunate enough to have been able to buy the
coco bolo
wood Rossi clarinet that I tried for about 3 weeks I have found
some great
innovations. You never have to worry about the bridge getting
messed up
because the clarinet body is in one piece. The crows foot is
resigned so you
can adjust it with a screw driver. Rossi provides a screw
driver made from
the same piece of wood as the clarinet. The tone holes are
embedded with
plastic (I believe) to insure exact intonation and arrest tone
hole checking
and cracking. The left hand c# key is moved up to not absorb
water. The
grain was outstanding on the instrument. The case was long and
slim. I
found it to be an astounding clarinet.

The clarinet I tried was in the 200's serial number range.
Jonathan Cohler
was right in the $3000.00 figure. Meridian Winds of East
Lansing, MI. is a
dealer. I don't know if he sold the one he had in stock.

Best Regards,

Mike Moors

At 10:18 PM 9/10/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Starr,
>
>I have played on Rossi's for roughly three years now, having
played on
>Buffet R13s for the prior 20+ years. From the first five
minutes of
>playing on the Rossi instruments, it became plainly obvious to
me that they
>are in a class by themselves.
>
>The numerous technical innovations that Luis has made, coupled
with the
>painstaking workmanship and personal adjustment that Luis
invests in every
>single instrument that he makes results in great instruments
every time.
>
>They have superior and even resonance throughout the range of
the
>instrument, a "darker" sound (for Dan Leeson -- that means
lower average
>cutoff frequency) than the R13, far superior intonation, an
excellent key
>design, and they are beautiful to look at.
>
>They are available in three different woods: black wood,
cocobolo, and
>rosewood. They are available with three different bores:
American
>(supposedly like the R13), French, and English. He offers a
few options on
>the keys, too. He sells A and Bb clarinets only at present.
>
>I believe the current price is around $3,000. There are a few
resellers in
>the United States that have been mentioned previously on this
list although
>I cannot recall their names/numbers. You can always contact
Luis Rossi
>directly at:
>
> Guillermo Franke 2390
> Nunoa, Santiago 11
> CHILE
> 011-56-22-743-170 (phone and fax)
>
>He only makes two or three instruments per month so there is no
doubt a
>substantial waiting list. Although his resellers may have a
few
>instruments in stock.
>
>FYI, unlike many instrumentalists who endorse Leblanc, Buffet,
Yamaha,
>Selmer, etc. (and whose pictures you see adorning their
advertisements), I
>am not paid a penny by Luis Rossi, nor do I receive any free
instruments or
>special discounts from him.
>
>Good luck.
>
>-----------------
>Jonathan Cohler
>cohler@-----.net
>
>
>>
>>Sean Talbot mentioned that you might know a lot about Rossi
clarinets.
>>I am interested in your opinion of them, the cost, and if
there is
>>anywhere in the USA that they can be tried. Thanks for any
information
>>that you may have.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Starr Schaftel Wayne
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--- Ed Stuart <estuart@-----.net> wrote:
> The keywork was exactly what was described as primative. The
> person that
> told me this is a very well repair person, and they explained
> that there are
> several local college students that come from S. America that
> are playing
> Rossis and that their instruments are frequently in need of
> repair.

=====
Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City

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