Klarinet Archive - Posting 000209.txt from 2003/03

From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] RE: instrument manufacturers
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:45:16 -0500

<<<Old brands die, usually for good reason. The old Conn trumpets
sucked - so when Selmer bought the plant back in the early '60s, they
bought the shop & designs of a small custom maker (the equivalent of
Dave Monette's today) and started making those horns in the Big
Factory.>>>

No, the old, OLD Conns were pretty good. After Conn decided to save
money by moving to Mexico, THEN their trumpets sucked.

<<<Now, every decent trumpet player in the land can afford a Bach.>>>

Yes, and now quality control of Bach trumpets is so poor that many good
trumpet players won't buy them.

Ed Lacy

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