Klarinet Archive - Posting 000455.txt from 1997/02

From: Oliver Seely <oliver@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Age !!!!
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 22:52:58 -0500

My Dad bought me my Penzel Mueller used from a jazz clarinetist when
I was about 11 years old, 46 years ago. Now I alternate between my son's
Buffet R-13 and my Penzel Mueller. The Buffet DOES produce a slightly
better tone and the Penzel Mueller has always been a little sharp but
I can't tell any difference in the way it plays from the day I got it through
high school, college, grad school, professorship and, soon, retirement.

I dab it with some oil maybe every 6 months and keep looking for the
yellow from the raw chamois to drip out. I have to keep alert though
because that dratted flutist keeps turning around trying to sneak a
peak up my barrel. I know what's on HER mind! One can't be too
careful in these matters.

Oliver

>On Sat 18 May 96 (23:31:10 +1000), nutech@-----.au wrote:
>> Thomas,
>> I heard somewhere that the clarinets life span is about 10
>> years It starts to dry out and the tone isn't to crash hot. But an A
>> clarinet will last longer because it is used less. Any one please
>> correct me if Im wrong.
>
>I find this hard to believe. I hasten to say that my Carinet is quite new, but
>I've got a set of recorders which are now over 20 years old and only got better
>with time. Since a recorder is made out of 'soft' wood (peartree in this case)
>I would have thought that a Clarinet's lifespan should be far longer.
>
>This is just a guess, of course. Does anybody know for sure?
>
>Frauke
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