Klarinet Archive - Posting 000026.txt from 2004/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] Baxter-Northrup C Clarinet?
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:17:46 -0500

At 01:54 PM 4/2/2004 +0000, DH wrote:
>The stencil idea never really disappeared, as Jupiter was making saxes for
>Leblanc with the Vito name for a long time, and Yanagisawa made a bunch of
>stencils until Leblanc made them their pro sax line. I had one, a it was
>built and felt like a Selmer Mark VI, called a "Whitehall".

And before Jupiter, many Vito saxes were made by Yamaha, as were most
Holton brasses (both Leblanc brands). Turnabout is fair play,
however. Until just recently, Yamaha's standard bass clarinet was a
stenciled Vito (as was the YCL-24 II clarinet)! Also, until recently, Bach
low brass was stenciled Yamaha. Now, of course, since the Conn-Selmer
merger, they are shifting to "internal resources" for their low brass.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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