Klarinet Archive - Posting 000191.txt from 2003/01

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Poor Qlty. Instruments, Bigotry & Dreams
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 22:15:15 -0500

Normally it is an acceptable beginner's instrument. However used
instruments need checked over carefully for any needed maintenance. Even a
new instrument needs checked for leaks, alignment, etc.

Any instrument not properly maintained can be a nightmare even if the
manufacturing quality is good.

Dee Flint, MI

----- Original Message -----
From: "Deidre Calarco" <dleigh@-----.org>
Subject: Re: [kl] Poor Qlty. Instruments, Bigotry & Dreams

> 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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