Klarinet Archive - Posting 000637.txt from 2004/01

From: Erik Tkal <bbtkal@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Selmer Brevete
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:08:52 -0500

Ormondtoby,

I am indeed treating it that way - I can try it for a bit and see how I like it, and seek restitution for false advertising otherwise. I did try it tonight, as did my g/f and another player in our community orchestra (they play clarinet officially, I just play principal trombone there :-P) and it seems to play quite well, though it needs pads and a cleaning - I'm going to call someone tomorrow that does repairs and overhauls to see if I can take it to him and have it evaluated. And as I posted in another response, it *does* look like a Buffet - the logo is identical to Buffet's in style (oval with the lyre on top) except the writing in it says Selmer and it has a script HS instead of BC below. Very weird.

http://www.etbone.net/Selmer-A-1930

Erik

At 06:37 PM 1/19/2004, Ormondtoby wrote:
>Erik --- putting business aside for a moment (how long do Pay Pal and
>eBay and your credit card company give you to file a claim?) --- right
>now you have an opportunity to judge how the instrument sounds and feels
>*before* you discover whether it was considered top-of-the-line or
>'student' level when it was built.
>
>Often our perception of an instrument is biased by what we believe
>(advertisements, price tag, opinions of other players, etc) before we
>actually pick it up and play it. This is your chance to make a
>decision that is based entirely on what you hear and feel when you play
>it. It would be both amusing and educational if you found this
>clarinet to be a terrific instrument and later you learned that it was
>Selmer's least expensive.... or vice versa.

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