Klarinet Archive - Posting 000924.txt from 2004/03

From: "Gary Drennan" <psa119@------.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] reeds
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:31:25 -0500

So Lelia,

What does Rue Lepig mean? It's been thirty years since high school French!

Gary

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From: "Lelia Loban" <lelialoban@------.net>
To: <klarinet@------.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 6:44 AM
Subject: [kl] reeds

>
> 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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