Klarinet Archive - Posting 000144.txt from 2008/07

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevin.fay.home@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Conn-Selmer Relocates
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:05:17 -0400

Chane Smith posted:

<<<You know what they say about American horns: "They've rarely been played,
and only dropped once!" Or, is that a saying for something else?>>>

You mean actual horns, like the Conn 8D, or the Holton Farkas or
Merker-Matic? Or the Bach trumpets that are pretty much standard issue in
most major orchestras world-wide?

Few artist-quality clarinets are made in the U.S., true - but it's likely an
historical anomaly that most have been centered in France and Germany.
Certainly fine instruments are made in Japan (Yamaha) Italy (Patricola and
Orsi-Wier ) and Canada (Backun's Leblancs, Steve Fox and the other half of
Orsi-Wier).

Guy Chadash is making horns in New York, which almost qualifies as the
United States, no?

Perhaps I am missing something. IMHO, it's not the nationality of the
craftsperson that counts as much as the craftspersonship.

. . . relativisitically yours,

kjf

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