Klarinet Archive - Posting 000171.txt from 2006/02

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Jupiter?
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:56:00 -0500

Like all start-ups, they have gotten better. I recently tried a Jupiter
Top-of their-line Clarinet and it was pretty darn near as good as any
of the big boys. They used to (maybe they still do) make saxes for
Buffet (the Evette, if I remember correctly, is a Jupiter) and I am
very impressed with their pro horns. I think they are closing in on
Yamaha.

Fred Jacobowitz

Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo
On Feb 13, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Lacy, Edwin wrote:

> Can someone please bring me up to date on the current situation with
> Jupiter instruments? At one time they had the reputation of being good
> examples of the worst in instrument manufacture. As I understand it,
> they were at first made in the Czech Republic, and then in China.
>
> I'm interested in knowing about their saxophones as well as clarinets.
>
> Ed Lacy
> University of Evansville
>
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