Klarinet Archive - Posting 000227.txt from 1996/09

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: "Clarinet Practicer"
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 23:36:24 -0400

The latest model, I think, is a headset that plugs into the bell
and a box of cotton balls for everyone else in the room (batteries not
included).

-Scott
(Please have patience: I've just come back after a week's vacation and am
slowly working my way through 270 postings! I AM trying to restrain
myself!)

>>
>> One of the products listed is:
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>> 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.
>>
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>>
>>
>> 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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>
>
>A box with sound absorbing material inside. I thought everyone had
>one!
>
>
>Steve
>
>
>Steve Fowler (sfowler@-----.com)
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Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410)-955-3631

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