Klarinet Archive - Posting 000296.txt from 1996/06

From: "j.the" <jtsalm@-----.NL>
Subj: Re: LYONS PLASTIC CLARINETS
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 15:07:33 -0400

>Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 20:36:37
>To: "Klarinet - Clarinettist's Network" <KLARINET@-----.bitnet>
>From: "j.the" <jtsalm@-----.nl>
>Subject: Re: LYONS PLASTIC CLARINETS
>
>At 11:39 18-06-96 +0200, you wrote:
>>Dear brothers in reeds:
>>I have just returned to a trip to Helsinki, Finland, and I was surprised to
>>see an all-in-plastic (even the keys!) clarinet in a music shop. I got in
>>and asked the owner to better examine the instrument. It was in C and with a
>>very good tuning.
>>It was not for sale and there was no information whatsoever about the
>>maker. It seems to be from England. Does anybody know anything about that ?
>>All the best
>>
>>
>>__________________
>>Leonardo Fuks
>>Music Acoustics PhD Programme
>>Royal Institute of Technology
>>BOX 70014 , Drottning Kristinasvag 31
>>S-10044 - Stockholm - SWEDEN
>>ph-(46)(8) 7907597 ; fax (46)(8) 7907854
>>home: 46 8 7369905
>>
>>
>
>hello,
>I've got such a clarinet. Even a few students of mine (younger than 8 years
old) are playing that instrument.
>You can buy it. It's totally plastic and you play es-clarinet reeds on them
(french cut). I play it (just for fun sometimes) with my own good
es-clarinet mouthpiece.
>It costs about $150-200. I order it here in Holland.
>It doesn't have all the keys. After working with it, for almost two years
now, I'm quite pleased with it and the transition from the Lyons to the
normal Bb-clarinet was quite good for my younger students.
>In fact, the instrument is good in tune.
>I thought the instrument was in use in all other countries but it appears
it's not. That surprises me a bit!
>Because you can throw the horn on the street, without causing much damage,
because it's plastic, so very light, it's small, it's a better alternative
than a wooden C-clar. or a difficult to blow Eb-cl for younger students. It
comes with a tube, in wich you can put the clarinet (in one piece). It's
nicely priced and all the parts (keys, pads) are available...
>
>hope you can read this message, 'cause I have much trouble to send messages
to the list!!!!
>
>see ya',
>Jeroen (Gerome) T. Salm
>Utrecht-Netherlands
>(jtsalm@-----.nl)
>