Klarinet Archive - Posting 000085.txt from 2006/12

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] OK. I give up
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:55:54 -0500

I find all these comments by folks that have never laid eyes on this
instrument rather interesting (er... Amusing?). A couple years back when
Dan, Keith and Forest went to Las Vegas to play some Mozart, they gave a
master class. At the conclusion of the class, they offered their
instruments for us to play.

I have to say that the instruments that Dan and Keith owned were amongst the
best instruments of any sort that I have ever played. The aesthetics of the
instruments were unbelievable (the pictures do not do them justice) and they
were very even and great sounding... As for the aesthetics, I generally
don't like anything other than the "traditional" blackwood/silver look, but
these were a thing of beauty.

I have seen the ebay auctions only wishing that I could somehow justify the
expense to own what is not just a great instrument by a work of art. I can
only hope that Dan can find somebody deserving that would appreciate such an
instrument.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Fifth Circle Audio
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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