Klarinet Archive - Posting 000462.txt from 1996/06

From: Everett Austin <austine@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: muncie woodwinds/ Portnoy
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 01:01:47 -0400

Actually, Mr Portnoy lives in Larkspur, California, about 5 minutes
without traffic north of Sausalito. He plays second clarinet in the
Bohemian Club ("a boy scout camp for the rich") symphony and plays golf
avidly. He no longer accepts students, but continues to market his
mouthpieces. When I last talked to him his ligatures sounded like they
might be going out of supply eventually and he did not mention any reed
supply, nor have I seen them advertised.
As an aside, after closely examing a picture of Eduard Brunner (list
member Armand Ferland noticed this too), I made a
copy of his ligature by removing (with a Dremel tool) the metal between
the fixation screws on a regular Bonade ligature: the result was more
vibrant. This configuration is remarkably similar to a Portnoy
ligature!

Everett Austin
Fairfax (empres Larkspur), California

On Thu, 27 Jun 1996, Neil Leupold wrote:
>
> > Portnoy is retired, living in Sausalito, CA (suburb of San Francisco Bay
> > Area). Maybe his reeds are still available in Bloomington as you say,
> > though.
> >
> > Neil
> >
> > On Wed, 26 Jun 1996, N. Jayne Marquess wrote:
> >
> > > Please forgive me if this is a really stupid question, but is there
> > > actually a "store" in Muncie, Indiana that sells all the things in the
> > > catalogue? Can you actually stop by and look or do they sell by mail
> > > only? I'm asking because I'll be driving through there in a few weeks and
> > > my daughter needs a new flute. The local music dealers don't have great
> > > prices and I know several people who have done much better through this
> > > place.
> > > Along the same line of thought, does anyone know if B Portnoy
> > > still sells his reeds in Bloomington? I used to play them in college and
> > > my last has expired. I'll also be 15 miles from there. I know we used to
> > > have to go to Bloomington to buy them.
> > > If anyone can offer help, I'd really appreciate it.
> > >
> > > Jayne (former Hoosier in Seattle)
> > >
> >
>
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