Klarinet Archive - Posting 000985.txt from 2002/11

From: Bi6W@-----.net (Bill Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Jean Cartier
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:09:26 -0500

<><> Stewart=A0&=A0Lynda=A0Milton wrote:
Does anyone please know anything about Jean Cartier 'professional'
clarinets.... when they were in business, and if they were any good?

There are many, many, many "stencil' brands of clarinet, whereby someone
contracts to buy a bunch of inexpensive clarinets from somewhere and
stencils a "private label" on them and puts them on the market for a
bottom-dollar price. If the same person decides to repeat the
enterprise, they may chose a different name the next time around.

It's unlikely that any of us recognize this particular stencil name.
There is no guarantee that it is an inferior instrument, but the odds
are against it being of the same quality as a $400-$500 student horn by
(in no particular order) Yamaha, Selmer, Leblanc or Buffet.

Cheers,
Bill

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