Klarinet Archive - Posting 000439.txt from 2003/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] fire at LeBlanc factory
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 00:28:43 -0500

At 05:48 PM 2/15/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>I read on the gleblanc.com website that the contra is made in Kenosha. I
>think all the metal instruments have been moved to US production. There
>was also a blurb somewhere on there about the new black contra, it must
>really be striking. The comment from them was that it would blend better
>in an orchestra setting.

I stand corrected (probably a relatively recent change), and I agree the
black instrument probably WOULD look better in an orchestral setting, but
would lose nothing visually in a band setting, either.

Bill Hausmann

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

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