Klarinet Archive - Posting 000143.txt from 1996/01

From: Martin Pergler <pergler@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: corks & pads
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 12:49:14 -0500

On Sat, 6 Jan 1996, Lee Callet wrote:
> In a message dated 96-01-06 16:05:38 EST, you [Larry Liberson] write:
> > The
> >other clarinetists in the section have seen me grow wealthy beyond belief
> >through no other reason than having cork pads on my clarinets and are
> >quickly following suit. After all, there *is* life beyond the orchestra!
>
> You're ignoring the most obvious factor of all: cork pads are an amazing
> by-product of drinking good wine. Take the wine cork, sand it down, and glue
> it in. No charge, and you get to drink the wine as well. A big savings over
> those pesky skin pads, and a lot more fun. What a bargain. Lee Callet
>
And of course, for you professionals all those bottles of wine become a
legitimate business expense and so are tax-deductible. By the way, not all
corks have the required high standard of quality, which of course you cannot
discover before opening (and finishing off) the bottle. But I've had
good results with Calvet St-Emilion '69 on my C#/G# key. Martin

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Martin Pergler pergler@-----.edu
Grad student, Mathematics http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~pergler
Univ. of Chicago