Klarinet Archive - Posting 000952.txt from 2003/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Normandy 8
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:09:35 -0500

At 12:47 AM 2/28/2003 +0000, Natilius Theresius Visagius wrote:

>Does anyone know anything about a Normandy 8 clarinet? There's one at a
>local store and it's been offered to a decent freshmen friend of mine. She
>asked me about it, but I've never heard of it before. It quite a few years
>old and used, but there are no cracks or leaks. If anyone has any info
>this type of clarinet, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Normandy is the lowest level of Noblet clarinet, Noblet being Leblanc's
intermediate line. Plastic Normandys are essentially identical to plastic
Vitos. Wood Normandys are most likely Noblets made with the least select wood.

Bill Hausmann

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

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