Klarinet Archive - Posting 000146.txt from 2003/01

From: "Jim Lytthans" <lytthans@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Jin Yin
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 18:39:55 -0500

I looked up the Jun Yin web site @-----.com/

They apparently make over 20,000 clarinets (lamps?) annually. Actually I
played a bunch of Jin Yin clarinets at the NAMM show a couple of years ago.
Not too bad. The workmanship and intonation was quite good, really. Much
better that that POS clarinet (lamp) I brought back from Shanghai in 1993.

I also think that the Jupiter line of instruments are now made on the
mainland. Their quality is also quite good. During my last few years of
teaching, I bought many Jupiter woodwinds and brass for my band kids, with
good luck.

Take a look at the Jin Jin web page. I sure wouldn't want to run in to Mr.
Chen xue kong, one of the owners, in a dark alley! The virtual tour of the
saxophone shop is interesting.

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Jim Lytthans
Anaheim, CA

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