Klarinet Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 2004/01

From: Rob C Chaney <robratc@-----.com>
Subj: Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_[kl]_Moniqu=E9_Clarinet?=
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 13:46:32 -0500

I am starting to find out how bad this instrument is from playing it for
4 months and I have noticed even more problems from reading different
things that have been mentioned. I think I am going to have to save some
of the money that I was going to spend on my computer, getting a
satellite receiver for my room, and other electronic devices (video and
computer games) so I can buy a better clarinet. From what I am
understanding this thing may not make it through marching band and the
end of the season Florida trip (only happens every 4 years for our band).
I am hearing a lot of buy a Yamaha, but I really liked my Bundy so it
might come down to what I like playing the best or possibly the cost.

> The instruments we have been getting from Taiwan (mostly Jupiter,
> but now
> even Selmer is importing some Taiwanese student saxes -- and they
> are MUCH
> better horns than their US-made student line!) have generally
> displayed
> high quality and workmanship. Instruments from MAINLAND China, on
> the
> other hand, suffer from serious metallurgical and workmanship
> deficiencies,
> not to mention the impossibility of obtaining replacement parts.
> Yes, they
> do seem to play OK...at first. And that is unfortunate, because the
> buyers
> then do not realize their mistake until it is too late.
>
>
> Bill Hausmann
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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