Klarinet Archive - Posting 000920.txt from 2004/03

From: "Lelia Loban" <lelialoban@------.net>
Subj: [kl] reeds
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:46:46 -0500


Tracy Jones wrote,
>Has anyone tried the new Vandoren Rue Lepig reeds?
>I have heard that they are well-suited for the Vandoren
>M15 mouthpiece, which I own. Any comments?

About the reeds, nope. Never tried them. About that product name -- great
honk, is everybody in Vandoren's marketing department tone-deaf to the
English language?! Teaching people what "Rue Lepig" really means will only
draw attention to the joke potential. Reminds me of Chevrolet naming a car
model the Nova and then trying to sell it in Mexico (where "no va" means,
"won't go"). Coming soon to a band class near you (in imitation Hercule
Poirot accent): "'E rues buying Lepig reeds 'cause zey make 'im squeal
like le pig, mon ami."

Oh, well, to paraphrase Oscar Wilde, the only thing worse than being talked
about is not being talked about. Hmmm, maybe the marketing department is
smarter than I thought....

Lelia Loban
E-mail: lelialoban@------.net
Web site (original music scores as audio or print-out):
http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/LeliaLoban

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