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Author: jmsa
Date: 2004-08-20 13:45
I am amused by the strange and crazy nomenclature that I find on e-bay, for instance a Buffet Crampton clarinet, or levers seem to work just fine. Does anyone have any they find amusing and would like to add.
jmsa
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Author: hans
Date: 2004-08-20 15:00
Joseph,
Maybe I'm overly suspicious, but when I see these types of "errors" I often wonder if it is being done on purpose to make the seller appear naive for some reason.
Regards,
Hans
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Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2004-08-20 16:08
Some of the descriptions are indeed amusing. One of my better buys was a
" Selmar clairnet". They seem to run the gamut from honest ignorance, to out and out deception. I don't mind someone telling me the valves work OK. nearly as much as someone telling me that a Selmer Signet retails for $4000 and was used daily by Benny Goodman until Artie Shaw bought it from him.
John
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Author: pewd
Date: 2004-08-21 01:29
i bought a 'pavis bufit' off of ebay, that was kinda funny.
the price would have tripled if they had of spelled it correctly.
-paul
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Author: Contra
Date: 2004-08-21 01:43
The first thing I thought when I saw this topic was binomial nomenclature. The second thing I thought was that I couldn't remember what binomial nomenclature was. The third thing was a "brand new extra large bored metal clarinet with platoe keys and key of Eb for only 299$."
Post Edited (2004-08-21 03:24)
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Author: Terry Stibal
Date: 2004-08-22 02:19
I think that it's a combination of:
o Looking stupid so the buyer thinks that he's dealing with a naif;
o Sloppy proofing on the part of the seller, and
o Overall inconsistencies on the part of the clarinet world
As an example of the last, consider that we disagree on what keys are to be called (is it an "Eb lever" or an "Ab lever"?), virtually all of us are unfamiliar with developments in the clarinet world beyond the vanilla 17/6 Klose-Boehm system (quickly, ask yourself which finger hole on a "Oehler" system soprano has a finger plate...and then see if you know why), and there are a powerful lot of "Albert" horns out there to further muddy the waters.
One of these days I'm going to lay in wait on eBay on a high quality metal Boehm horn, then buy it and get it fixed up. The quality metal clarinets, well set up and maintained, that I've played in the past stood right up there with modern wooden pro horns. But, it's been a long time...
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