Klarinet Archive - Posting 000577.txt from 2003/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_[kl]_Moniqu=E9_Clarinet?=
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 15:47:56 -0500

At 02:12 PM 12/31/2003 -0500, Rob C Chaney wrote:
>I have noticed several people have asked about their clarinets so now it
>is my turn. I am a high school student in 11th grade. I am in marching,
>symphonic, and pep band (clarinets are not considered jazz instruments at
>my school). During marching band we went to Miami university, OH and my
>clarinet got broke at the center where the two pieces that have the keys
>come together. My band director to it to all the music shops in the area
>and all of them said it would cost several hundred dollars to order the
>upper body (without keys or post) because it could not be fixed.

Depending upon exactly how the break occurred, the tenons can often be=20
replaced for a fraction of the cost of a new joint. Our shop does it all=20
the time.

> A friend
>of mine (also plays the clarinet) said they just bought a clarinet off
>ebay and did not like. They brought it in and I tried it and liked it. So
>they sold me it for hundred instead of having to pay several hundred to
>fix my other. I like my Bundy and hopefully one day when I get enough
>money I can get it fixed. For now I have the Moniqu=E9 clarinet I bought.
>The point I am getting to is does any one know any thing about Moniqu=E9
>Clarinets without serial numbers. I have checked everywhere and I can't
>find a serial number.

Monique instruments are cheap Chinese garbage, desperately attempting to=20
masquerade as French. They are right in there with First Act and the other=
=20
brands you buy at Sam's Club for $200. Many on the list look down their=20
noses at Bundys. (Of course, when playing, you HAVE TO look down your nose=
=20
to see it! But I digress.) However, I think they are fine student=20
instruments, fully equal to the comparable Buffet, Vito, and Yamaha models,=
=20
and infinitely superior to a Monique. I play a Bundy 1400 as my jazz horn.

Bill Hausmann

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

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