Klarinet Archive - Posting 000043.txt from 2006/10

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] A rainbow of clarinets
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:57:41 -0400

Rules of thumb:
1) anything you see for sale at Wally-world is virtually guaranteed to
be cheap junk.
2) If you don't recognize the brand and the price seems to be too good
to be true, IT IS!!!!!

Fred Jacobowitz

Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo
On Oct 4, 2006, at 11:26 PM, Harvey Hyde wrote:

> Are these the ones I see in Wal Mart for just over $ 200.00----are
> they any good ? Thanks.
> Harvey
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Hausmann"
> <bhausmann1@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] A rainbow of clarinets
>
>
>> At 08:41 AM 10/5/2006 +1000, Geoff Secomb wrote:
>>> Dan,
>>> You really don't want to go there. I've had the misfortune to have
>>> a couple of these things come in for repair. Change the picture to
>>> "what would a clarinet choir look like with everyone having a
>>> different colour clarinet and a small pile of pieces falling off on
>>> the floor" and you get the idea of what the quality is like on some
>>> of this junk. Unless, of course, he USA gets better quality out of
>>> backyard China than we do here in Oz!!!!!!!!!.
>>> Best,
>>> Geoff.
>>
>> Of course, the Vito Dazzler clarinets were equal to the black Vitos
>> in quality. The current crop of Chinese imported clarinets
>> in...non-traditional colors are unfortunately also equal in quality
>> to their imported brethren.
>>
>>
>> Bill Hausmann
>>
>> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>>
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