Author: Richmond1958
Date: 2007-12-06 16:52
Thanks for the very, very helpful suggestions so far; its really nice that there are folks who are willing to take the time to write detailed messages with good advice, and I am very grateful. I didn't want to write too long of an initial message, but based on the comments so far I should fill in a couple more facts:
First, my daughter had a chance to play two "Accent-branded" upgraded clarinets and a Yamaha clarinet on upgrade night at school (unfortunately I dont know the model of the Yamaha she tried). She tried them with the school's band director and the rep. from the dealer present (also my wife was present ... I had another event with my son to attend). She used the mouthpieces that came with each of the instruments, not the one from her old clarinet (which I now understand may have been a better idea). There was consensus that she got the best tone out of the Accent CL920W. Interestingly, she was only able to get, according to my wife, a very raspy tone out of the Yamaha, causing me to at least question whether it was set up right.
Second, my daughter currently has in her possession the Accent CL920W (ie, the new one), but I have contacted both the band director and the dealer and have stated that I have some questions and issues, and the dealer is being very forthright in stating that we still have all of our options open, hence our visit later today. I have also been corresponding with the band director who has been very helpful and, by the way -- smile, made it very clear without me asking that neither she or the school has any commercial relationship with the dealer. The band director also explained that the instruments the dealer brought were those were models on which the dealer was willing to give a credit from the rental payments toward the purchase price. By the way, I 'm much more concerned with getting a good value on a high quality instrument than I am about any rent-to-own credit.
BTW, stevesklar, to your point, I recall looking at the case on the Accent CL920 last night, and it said "made in Germany," but I will have to wait until after school to look at the instrument itself. Since the dealer sells Buffet, I will raise that question as well.
Ideally, I am just looking for the best advice for when we walk into the dealer today and again, I am very grateful for your time.
Post Edited (2007-12-06 17:19)
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