Klarinet Archive - Posting 000680.txt from 1996/08

From: David Atkinson <davida@-----.AU>
Subj: Re: "Clarinet Practicer"
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 17:47:52 -0400

Michael Andrew Cassara wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> It has been ages since my last post. I came across something today and I
> figured I must share this with the world... While cleaning big band music
> stands I came across a Humes & Berg Mfg. Co. Catalog circa 60's or 70's.
>
> One of the products listed is:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Clarinet Practicer
>
> Buddy DeFranco, America's foremost Clarinet Virtuoso says: "The Clarinet
> Practicer is the Greatest Companion a Clarinet Player could ever have."
> Only player hears himself. Develops large concert tone. #890.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Did anyone ever use one of these? It appears to be a cardboard box that
> sits outside the instrument. Did it work??? However, please don't argue
> their advertising about Buddy's status... We can for the most part all
> agree that he is great...
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Mike
> Michael A. Cassara 99casmic@-----.Edu
> Hawken School - Gates Mills, OH Http://www.hawken.edu
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Hi Im a sax player in a AirForce Band in Australia and I have seen the
same ad on the back of an old chart. We got it enlarged and stuck it on
one of the clarinetists cupboards. It still gets a laugh.

David Atkinson
davida@-----.au

   
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