Klarinet Archive - Posting 000146.txt from 2008/07

From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Conn-Selmer Relocates
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:37:03 -0400

Chane
I agree with you but why exclude the UK.? I reckon Peter Eaton
clarinets , which I play, are as good as any in the world. Howarth's
oboes are world reknowned - the clarinets are pretty good too - and I
have met several hornists who prefer Paxman instruments to either
Holton or Alexander.
Martin
On 31 Jul 2008, at 05:05, Kevin Fay wrote:

> 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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