Klarinet Archive - Posting 000250.txt from 2004/01

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.oxford.ac.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] American move to the Boehm system
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 04:02:06 -0500

This still seems to be the case - from their Websites, the various
models they offer differ only in the sophistication of their
keywork, and such things as extra holes to improve tuning and/or
resonance. The German and Austrian manufacturers do not seem to have the
Anglo-Franco-Amarican concept
of providing lower *quality* instruments for students and amateurs.
Roger S.

n message <22365-3FFD9220-3366@-----.bay.webtv.net> klarinet@-----.org writes:
> Again FWIW:
>
> Gibson also describes German clarinet makers as being more interested in
> custom manufacture and eschewing mass production, whereas French makers
> were the opposite, with the final result of periodic shortages of German
> clarinets while Boehms were always readily available and hence purchased
> more often.
>
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