Klarinet Archive - Posting 000168.txt from 2003/01

From: Deidre Calarco <dleigh@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Poor Qlty. Instruments, Bigotry & Dreams
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 13:08:31 -0500

On 1/8/03 11:52 AM, "R. Williams" <rwilliams@-----.net> wrote:

> Bill Hausman said; "I think the vast majority of the kids who quit band do
> so for just that
> reason" when commenting on poorly made instruments. I am formerly one of
> those kids. The instrument in question was a Bundy and I still have
> it.

I played on a Bundy for my first 4 years as a clarinetist, and it was okay.
We'd purchased a better mouthpiece for it and had kept it in good repair.
Are some Bundys really awful? Did they make better clarinets at some times
and worse ones at others? The reason I ask is, I've told people that it's
an acceptable beginner's instrument.

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