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Author: quido
Date: 2003-08-25 06:21
I heard that Arthur Campbell ended his contract with Yamaha and signed with Leblanc to play on the to-be-released Opus II. Does anybody know anything about this?
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2003-08-25 11:32
The typical Yamaha sponsorship deal involves them supplying you with an instrument or instruments at their full nominal retail value and expecting you to do masterclasses, lessons etc. to the full retail value. Leblanc are a little less demanding in this respect and will use people for their reputation only as a selling tool. Most of us in the world at large would not have a clue, with all due respect, who the hell Arthur Campbell is anyway. Yamaha rely a lot less on endorsement as they sell plenty anyway. Leblanc's market share could do with a touch up so they are probably providing the whole shebang for monsieur Campbell free of charge.
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Author: ken
Date: 2003-08-25 17:11
Mark, what are you talking about? Arthur Campbell is my plumber and he's forever pushing Moen faucets off on me. v/r Ken
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-08-25 17:15
ken... Thanks for making me smile. ...GBK (who actually has Moen faucets in his house)
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Author: CPW
Date: 2003-08-25 21:03
Bagpipers heard at a distance...."The Campbells Are Comin'...."
And here they are called Moenig facets
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Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2003-08-25 21:54
I am not sure of the circumstances and if Arthur has become a Leblanc Artist but he, and Yamaha, were kind enough to give a free master class for the Atlanta Clarinet Association in the spring. There was actually very little sales talk and Arthur conducted a wonderful session, instructional lecture, question and answer period, and a recital that was excellent by any standards. He was a student of Marcellus in his final years and shared many anecdotes and teaching methods used by him. I do not know about the perks involved but this was a nice community service by Yamaha where we invited both high school and college students to learn, and listen to some wonderful clarinet playing.
(Disclaimer - I do not own or sell any Yamaha products)
The Doctor
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2003-08-27 14:21
In my opinion the Yamaha clarinets are a simply a dissapointment...not to say indivdual models may vary...I find the tendency once broken in for them to lean to the flat side...death for a serious clarinetist in any ensemble!!! I have heard they are pretty pricey....but so is gas!
David Dow
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Author: donald
Date: 2003-08-30 11:53
my Yamaha A clarinet (used for many 5 before me by symphony player, and then by me for the last 10 years) has very good intonation and a tone quality that is more "vibrant" but less "substantial" than my buffet.
what i do find is that (possibly connected to the lower resistance compared to my Buffet) it has a wider spread of tunning in relation to dynamics. ummmm, it gets flat as i play louder to a great degree than i would like. I don't have this problem with my Buffet horns, but then i also might not with another Yamaha, although i have to say that the above comments have been echoed by other clarinettists that i know and respect.
I reccently used this clarinet to play to a big room full of clarinettists, none of whom seemed to notice that my tone was bad or out of tune (in fact, my intonation was the subject of compliments)... so i guess Yamaha ain't all that bad, eh?
donald...
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2003-08-30 12:12
I got my Yamaha 457-20 clarinet for free but I had to do AUD$2400 worth of warranty work for them, or at least the dealer. The logos have just about worn off so I am no longer a walking advertisement and I have stopped using the Custom 6CM mouthpiece they sent me, actually for free with no strings attached. Our local Yamaha artist is James Morrison, a trumpet/ trombone player with a couple of models named after him, he is not exempt from the lesson masterclass thing either and he had to buy his own euphonium. The deal on masterclasses does not include overt advertising but merely using there product. I am waiting for a Selmer saxophone endorsement, as yet in vain.
What the hell is a "faucet"? Plumbers over here usually fit taps. My plumber is also my landlord and his name is Dane (Damir) Petrevski. I guess Macedonians use bagpipes but the song "The Petrevski's are Coming" is not yet a pipe band hit! Neither is "Damir Where's Your Troosers".
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