Klarinet Archive - Posting 000531.txt from 1996/11

From: Amanda L Loomer <clairannet@-----.com>
Subj: Re: How old is my clarinet and the clarinet FAQ
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 17:49:59 -0500

On Wed, 20 Nov 1996 14:40:11 -0600 TRACY ANN MOORE <TMOORE@-----.EDU>
writes:
>Just for fun today, I decided to see how old my Bb clarinet is since
>someone told me that is looked much older than I thought it was.
>Anyway, I found out that it was made when I thought it was by looking
>at
>at the list.
>
>But of course, that is not what my question is about.
>
>I also decided to look to see when the school owned Buffet R-13 A
>clarinet that I am using was made. Supposedly it was bought new eight
>years ago but by the list that is on sneezy, it said that the clarinet
>was
>made between 1973-1974. My question is if the list on sneezy is just
>for
>Bb clarinets or what. When I asked another teacher in the department
>about the clarinet, he said that when he came to the school, the
>clarinet
>looked like it had to be ten years old so that would make it around
>eighteen years old now. It's true that it probably has not hardly
>used at
>all but it looks newer than my Bb clarinet that is around 6 years old.
>
>thanks for your help in advance
>
>tracy
>
Could someone please tell me what 'sneezy' is. I would love to find out
how old my clarinet is. Does this list contain all major brands of
clarinets? Any information would be very helpful.
Amanda
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Amanda Loomer
ClairAnnet@-----.com

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