Klarinet Archive - Posting 000664.txt from 2003/02

From: "Raycraft" <raycraft@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] playing different instruments
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 12:18:38 -0500

Hey guys,
I guess if the factories had guys like Moennig and
Brannen working for them, they could have great
instruments coming out of the factories, but then they'd
cost twice as much. And there's probably not enough
really qualified technicians out there to do them all
anyway.
Sorry about your brain cramp, Karl.
Sue

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>

(I'm having a brain cramp - I can't remember the equivalent top bassoon
maker) while they do all that hand work at the factory that Moennig
did in his shop and that now Brannen and other wonderful technicians
have learned to do routinely.
> Despite our previous gripe sessions on this subject, I doubt if
> mass-produced instruments like the ones that roll out of the Buffet,
Selmer
> and Leblanc factories can ever be totally finished products, guaranteeing
> that the clarinet techs will always have a job.
>
> I still can't think of the bassoon manufacturer's name - I know it will
come
> to me the second I hit the <send> key but it's driving me crazy! Oh well,
> here goes...
>
> Karl Krelove

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