The Clarinet BBoard

The Clarinet BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Previous Message | Next Message

Are Chinese Horns All Bad?

Author: Fred McKenzie
Date: 2000-12-11 18:38

Last week I saw a Clarinet for sale in a furniture store for about $250. I did not recognize the brand name. Nowhere on the instrument or its case did it say where it was made. It didn't even have a serial number where I could see it. My suspicion is that it might have been made in China.

Someone recently refered to a Chinese Clarinet in another thread, and I recall reading derogatory comments about them in the past. According to others, they are poorly made, keys will break easily and replacement parts are not available.

But is that true? Could we be passing up a source of inexpensive but good instruments because of our prejudice? Does anyone have any first-hand knowledge of Chinese instrument quality? Assuming there might be at least a good Chinese student instrument, wouldn't parts become available if they caught on?

Fred
<A HREF="http://www.dreamnetstudios.com/music/mmb/index.htm">MMB</A>

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics

Author

Date

Are Chinese Horns All Bad?

Fred McKenzie

2000-12-11 18:38