Klarinet Archive - Posting 000045.txt from 1997/02

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Plastic clarinets (fwd)
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 07:15:49 -0500

>In a message dated 97-01-28 13:08:39 EST, you write:
>
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> Lisa Clayton wrote:
>
> >My *first* choice for a marching/outdoor horn would be a decent
> >METAL clarinet. Drop a plastic one on a cold day (some of
> >our members got to play at a very cold inaugural) and you'd have
> >one shattered clarinet.
>
> Yes, but wouldn't your fingers/lips freeze fast to the METAL clarinet!?
> >>
>
>It is precisely for this reason that Ralph Nader had metal mouthpieces
>recalled from northern midwest high school bands!
>
>It can be a frightful sight after half time...
>;^)
>
>No names please...

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410)-955-3631

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