mike ansberry

Some of the chinese horns are really coming up already. The Jupiter horns (although I guess they are made on Taiwan) have improved greatly. Their student trumpets really play well. I'm anxious to see if their stainless steel valves solves the valve problem with those horns. I ordered an Arioso bass clarinet for my middle school. I'm not sure where it is made, but suspect China. It is designed by Ridenour and made from rod rubber instead of plastic. Had some really nice special key features and outplayed all the other student line bass clarinets I tried.

Really, it is getting hard to "buy American" when most of our manufacturing has left the country. You can buy a Toyota or Nissan that is built in America. You can buy a Chevy, Ford, Chrysler that is made in America from predominantly foreign made parts. The whole thing is very frustrating.

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"Music is a fire in your belly that has to come out of your mouth, so you'd better put a horn in the way before someone gets hurt" (paraphrase of Bleeding Gums Murphy)