Klarinet Archive - Posting 000062.txt from 2004/01

From: Rob C Chaney <robratc@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Moniqu=E9?= Clarinet
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 13:46:31 -0500

My bridge keys are constantly bent so I just adjust it so my instrument
plays and the keys open. My band director is tired of bending them back
and he said if we keep bending them back much more the keys will break.
The first game I played it at I had some trouble playing some of the
notes and so keys sticking he said it was that join bent and some others
that were bent.

On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 23:11:50 -0500 Fred Jacobowitz
<fbjacobo@-----.net> writes:
> > Rob,
>
> If this is what I think it is, your Monique is a Chinese-made
> instrument.
> I'm not sure if they are made in Red China or Taiwan but the
> instruments we see
> at the shop I work at (part time) are usually Soprano Saxes which
> are not worth
> the metal they are made of! The lack of a serial number is almost
> surely a sign
> of a company not caring about the instruments they make - to the
> point of not
> even keeping track of what they have made. With that kind of
> attitude, can you
> really trust the quality of the product?
> My observation of these kind of Chinese-made POS's (pieces of
> ****) is that
> they are poorly made, with keys that bend and break easily, thin
> plating which
> wears off immediately, crappy pads, etc. Surprisingly enough, they
> sound OK, or
> even pretty good. (However, a new Yugo drove OK too...) They are
> also a pain to
> fix because the parts fit together so badly and go out of adjustment
> so quicky.
> In fact, my shop no longer gives any warranty on repairs of these
> instruments!
> We usually give a 90 day one on work we perform.
>
> Fred Jacobowitz
> one half of Ebony and Ivory duo <ebonyandivory.ca>
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rob C Chaney [mailto:robratc@-----.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:13 PM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: [kl] Moniqué Clarinet
> >
> > 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. 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 Moniqué clarinet I
> bought.
> > The point I am getting to is does any one know any thing about
> Moniqué
> > Clarinets without serial numbers. I have checked everywhere and I
> can't
> > find a serial number.

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