Klarinet Archive - Posting 000371.txt from 1997/02

From: Jean Stott <jastott@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Clarinet age 1 mo time
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 19:35:28 -0500

At 05:53 PM 2/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
>If you have a quality insturment and if you take good care of it,a wooden
>clarinet should last as long as you want to play it.
>
>Thanks to your responses, I know that the clarinet I've been playing since
1963 is a 1962 Buffet R-13. It was re-conditioned a year ago and is a
pleasure to play. Barring any major catastrophic events, I'm expecting it to
outlive me. Seriously - someone once told me that the wood could become
"fatigued" or "played out", but it doesn't seem like a logical occurence as
long as the instrument is properly maintained. Any input on this, or is it a
topic like bright/dark sound and composted clarinets? (Just kidding -
although I especially enjoyed the posting about the compost that came OUT of
the horn... I guess we don't need any more COM postings (sorry - couldn't
resist)
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>Holly S. Jones
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>
> "Your droids. They'll have to wait outside. We don't serve
> their kind here."
>
> -Star Wars
> 1977
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>On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Thomas Lankford wrote:
>
>> If were are back to clarinet stuff now maybe someone can help me.
>> What is the lifespan of a wood clarinet? or is there one?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Thomas
>> Reedman2@-----.com
>>
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