Klarinet Archive - Posting 000016.txt from 2004/10

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Five years of ClarinetXpress
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 22:08:37 -0400

"Old timers" on this list may remember back to October of 1999, when with
great
trepidation, I announced the opening of my business. I just looked up the
post,
from Oct. 18, 1999, and had a good laugh.

Since then I have handcrafted over 700 mouthpieces and have sold and shipped
them all over the globe. Within a year, I had added custom made barrels and
other products and services. While not everything has been a raging success,
overall it has been an exciting, exhilarating, and rewarding experience for
me.

I have had so much help along the way, I can't even begin to name everyone.
But, I will say, that the members of this list have continually given me
support, encouragement, and at times, necessary criticism. Without this
list, I
would never have gotten started!

To celebrate the completion of five years in business, I want to "give
back"
a little to the marketplace that has supported me. For the month of October,
I will pay the shipping on all domestic and international orders for
mouthpieces or barrels. In addition, I am offering a reduced price on my
best-selling bass clarinet mouthpiece, the CX_BB_PERS.

Thanks to all of you who have encouraged and supported me over the past
five
years.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com
World-class clarinet mouthpieces

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