Klarinet Archive - Posting 000038.txt from 2004/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Conn-Selmer (was Re: [kl] Baxter-Northrup C
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 08:38:14 -0500

At 12:19 AM 4/3/2004 -0500, dhatfield wrote:
>...The UMI rep was next to them, and when he saw me enjoying myself, handed me
>a "new and improved" Artley (this was in 2000) and went on and on about how
>much better it was, that this one had been "professionally set up" for him
>to bring to the show, and blah-blah-blah. Plus he offered to buy me a beer
>after the show that night. So I humored him, and after playing it a couple
>of minutes he asked me if I wasn't convinced yet that it was as good as an
>R-13.
>I looked him in the eye and said "I don't think your expense account could
>buy me enough beer to ever think that."
>He didn't talk to me the rest of the weekend after I got my beer.

That's a good one! I remember when that "new and improved" model came
out. I recall that I actually thought it WAS much better, although that
only brought it up to BAD. Although our company has carried them for the
10 years I have worked there, I have never personally sold one. Even
salesmen must have SOME ethics! ;-)

Bill Hausmann

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

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