Klarinet Archive - Posting 000035.txt from 2004/03

From: "Fred Wilson" <fred.wilson@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Costco Clarinets!!!
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 17:06:33 -0500

Good questions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The supplier was far from reputable - the barrel was for an Eb but the only
way it would work was "upside down" considering the normal flair on a Bb
clarinet.

I should have known the material was resonite - but i was naive, wanting an
Eb so bad. It sounded bad because: The drilling was not precise enough to
keep it in tude and the Eb is difficult, especially in its highest register,
to keep in tune. it had a sound more of what I would expect from a picolino
sax than a clarinet. It was just awful. I had several knowing people play it
and it sounded horrible to them as well. I suppose one can find bad
instruments in any lot, and that's why I deal with a vendor who tests the
clarinet before delivery.

I have since played a Buffet Eb and was able to prouce something closer to
music than with the Chinese version. I use it to stir soup nowadays (Not the
Buffet, the Chinese clarinet).

Fred Wilson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.edu>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:25 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] Costco Clarinets!!!

> Did you get a barrel that fit? And WHY was the tone so bad? If you
didn't answer any of these questions first, you might have ditched a
reasonable clarinet. Just playing the devil's advocate here.
>
> Nancy
>
> Nancy E. Buckman, CPO, AFO, Technical Assistant
> School of Health Professions, Wellness and Physical Education
> Anne Arundel Community College
> Arnold, MD 21012-1895 USA
> Phone 410-777-2316 Fax 410-777-2233
> E-mail nebuckman@-----.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Wilson [mailto:fred.wilson@-----.edu]
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:10 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Costco Clarinets!!!
>
>
> I swore to myself I wasn't going to get into this discussion - BUT - in a
> great moment of weakness (I should have known better) I bought a
> "recommended" (by the seller of course) Eb that seemed to be at a
reasonable
> price. I already have a lamp made from a "student" clarinet. This Eb had a
> barrel that didn't fit and a tone worse than an oboe whose player caught
his
> (or her) foot in the lawnmower. NEVER again.
>
> Fred Wilson
>
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