Author: coguy5280
Date: 2008-08-02 18:09
In response to wrowand's question about who makes a decent Graf-style EH gouge:
John Ferrillo is coming out with his version of an EH gouger imminently (the machine's been made; it just has to be set-up). It's going to be astronomically expensive (I've heard in excess of $2000), but it, judging from the same craftmanship of his oboe machines, will be light-years better than the Jeanne (who, within the span of just two years, upped her price for a new EH machine by $200). While 2K is a lot of money for a Ferrillo gouger, I've spent that amount in simply trying to get my Jeannes to work correctly. Might as well spend more up-front to get something that is made extremely well.
A few more tidbits about Madame Jeanne's stellar products:
I bought a guillotine from her back when I bought the gouges. It perpetually causes the cane to crack, even after I pare down the cane and make it thinner for the guillotine blade. I also had the blade reshaped to (hopefully) correct this problem, but so far, it still cracks cane. I know it's her guillotine that's the problem because the cane never cracks when I use the guillotines mounted on my other machines.
A colleague of mine bought a Jeanne shaper handle. Within a short time of having it, the screw-threads stripped (so the tip couldn't be held firmly in the handle). When my friend called the Madame and let her know of the problem with the recent purchase, she was given the arrogant retort, "That's impossible." So, just like my experience with Jeanne gougers, my friend had to pay money to someone else to fix the less-than-adequate craftmanship of the Jeanne product. She has learned and sings the same refrain as me:
STAY AWAY FROM JEANNE
Post Edited (2008-08-02 21:50)
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