Klarinet Archive - Posting 000262.txt from 2004/06

From: Andy Raibeck <klari_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Repair or buy new?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:41:17 -0400

--- Film & Music Promotion Management <FilmPromotion@-----.net> wrote:
> Smash is never the lowest price - you can get it for less at a place
> like Woodwind Brasswind, Fred Weiner, etc.
> Back in 1988 I bought a SET (Bb and A) of Selmer 10G's for only $1800
> brand new that Gigliotti picked out in Paris.
> I didn't end up keeping them as I didn't like the sound (so I returned
> them still new) and went with Buffet Prestige Clarinets which I still
> have and play - at about twice the cost.

Can't speak for Weiner, but you're right about WW&BW: they show a price of
$2,374 for a new silver-plated Bb, $25 less than the $2,399 that Ginger quoted.
Though from my own personal experience with so-called "new" instruments from
WW&BW, I'd probably look elsewhere.

Regards,

Andy

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Klarinet is a service of Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org