Klarinet Archive - Posting 000033.txt from 2004/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Conn-Selmer (was Re: [kl] Baxter-Northrup C Clarinet?)
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 21:25:26 -0500

At 05:12 PM 4/2/2004 -0500, Don wrote:
>Hey, Bill -
>Since I'm not in the "music game" now, how has the switch by the Selmer-Conn
>situation affected Yamaha? I was still a road rep like you when the change
>was about to happen, and we batted the thing around at the time in our shop,
>wondering if it would hurt Yamaha at all, or whether changes in quality of
>the Bach instruments would be + or -.

I doubt that it will hurt Yamaha much, although it makes Leblanc look a bit
weaker by (size) comparison. It was nice, though, having two suppliers for
the same low brass instruments. If we got an order for a Yamaha, and
Yamaha was out of stock, we could order the same item from Bach, or vice
versa! We have only seen the first of the new Conn-Selmer baritones, and
our expert in that field (he plays in the Brass Band of Battle Creek)
was...unimpressed. It appeared to be a Conn with a few changes, none
especially good. Better news is that Artley clarinets will probably soon
be only a bad memory.

Bill Hausmann

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

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