Klarinet Archive - Posting 000112.txt from 2007/02

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Kaspar for Sale
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:35:50 -0500

Mike,

That's what I hoped you meant. The way it came out in your post, I wasn't
sure. Production methods back then weren't what they are today and
consistency was much less than it is today. Even the old Chedevilles that
have, at least in the U.S., been so highly prized for the past 60 years
weren't all wonderful. And by now so many have been refaced and tampered
with in other ways that there's no telling how one (Ched or Kaspar - even
Cicero) will play without trying it.

Karl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Moors [mailto:mdmoors@-----.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 12:31 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Kaspar for Sale
>
>
>
>
> At 05:06 PM 2/11/2007, you wrote:
> >>I'm not certain what you're saying. Did you mean that any Kaspar today
> is
> >>worth $400 or did you leave a word out of the sentence? Also, what was
> >>Ravelli's connection to Ann Arbor Kaspars (and was the Ted a typo or
> does it
> >>mean something?)?
> >>
> >>Karl
>
> Karl,
>
> Many Kaspars sell for $400.00 on Ebay. <snip> All I was saying is
> that you may buy a Kaspar on Ebay for $400.00 and be disappointed. I
> would never buy without a play test. Not all Kaspars, and in
> particular Ann Arbor Kaspars are a guaranteed to be a great
> mouthpiece...
>
> Mike
>
>
> >I can only add a little to the Revelli statement. My clarinet
> >instructor in college was a doctoral graduate from UM under Revelli
> >and Stubbins, and spent some time at the Kaspar shop while there. He
> >and the two or three clarinetist friends of his I met always pushed
> >the Ann Arbor Kaspars. I still have the first one I bought from my
> >teacher for I think $20.00 in 1975. I imagine if it is like the
> >situation I remember here in high school bands in the sixties and
> >seventies, most directors wanted everyone in a section playing at
> >least the same mouthpiece setup, if not the same brands and model of
> >instruments. It was their search I suppose for a uniform sound.
> >
> >If all Ciceros are like the one I have, the reputation is
> >well-earned. The few Ann Arbors I have picked up or played over the
> >years pale in comparison, despite the fact they are fine pieces. I
> >have also an old Goldbeck that plays better than the Cicero. Both
> >show more signs of the hard rubber deteriorating over time, a result
> >of poor handling before I got them, so I don't use them much anymore.
> >
> >Don Hatfield
> >
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