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Klarinet Archive - Posting 000048.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 21:39:30 -0500

At 06:02 PM 4/3/2004 -0800, Bill Stivers wrote:
>Actually, re: Conn/UMI, weren't they selling some bad Czech stencil
>clarinets too? I seem to recall having an old beater of a horn circa
>1995/6 labelled "Musica", that had UMI paperwork inside it. I used it for
>a little outdoor playing because it was cheap, but very bad. I used it as
>the guinea pig for learning to do disassemblies and reassemblies on my
>own, and it was pretty funny, because I, a rank, bad amateur, who doesn't
>trust himself to do major work on his own clarinets, actually found that
>the key action was much improved once I put it all back together and
>swedged and reseated everything.
>
>Were those horns Amati stencils, or some other maker? I'm curious if
>anyone knows.

I do not recall Musica clarinets, but I know they were recently selling
some soprano saxes under that name, clearly imported from somewhere. As
great as Conn was in brasses and saxes, they never did seem to get the hang
of clarinets or other woodwinds!

Bill Hausmann

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

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