Klarinet Archive - Posting 000186.txt from 1997/01

From: James Lytthans <lytthans@-----.NET>
Subj: Metal Clarinets and Hams
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 02:17:53 -0500

Most metal clarinets I've come across really make ideal lamps, and not
much else. I began on a metal horn at age 7 or 8 (a Penzel-Muller, I
think) , but soon moved to a nice, out of tune Bundy. Years later, when
the old Lockie Music Exchange in Los Angeles was closing shop (I was in
college at the time), I found a lovely pair of Sterling silver,
double-walled Haynes clarinets, in Bb and A. They were one-piece
clarinets that fit in the end of a long, rectangular case. As I
remember, the intonation and sound on these babies was wonderful.
Lockie was asking $500 the pair, which was a king's ransom for me then.
Of course, now I kick myself for not buying them. Has anyone else out
there ever come across clarinets of this nature? I do have a double
walled Penzel-Muller that is in the process of restoration, but it's
certainly not going to be a Haynes!

By the way, thanks for the comments of the OM's out there re: amateur
radio (OM means "old man" the ham lingo... no XYL's?). I came across
Jim Fay's call sign quite by accident. Many of my musician friends are
hams..... it's a neat hobby.

Primo Arundo Donax!

Jim Lytthans
Anaheim, CA

   
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