Klarinet Archive - Posting 000218.txt from 2003/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Jin Yin
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:52:16 -0500

At 12:24 PM 1/8/2003 -0500, Buckman, Nancy wrote:
>I have most of my beginning students on Jupiter clarinets. They seem to be
>well made and sturdy and have adjustable thumb rests and a hook for a strap.
>The price is right too. I have been very pleased with them so far. I do
>have a few students who are playing Vitos and Buffets and they all complain
>because their clarinets don't "look" like the more expensive ones (bell
>ring, etc.).

I think that is why the manufacturers are now putting the brush finish on
most of their plastic clarinets -- so they LOOK just like their wood
counterparts. The Jupiter clarinets I have experience with (the Parisien
-- top-of-the-line wood model) have been quite nice.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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