Klarinet Archive - Posting 000473.txt from 1997/02

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: lifespan of clarinet
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 08:19:26 -0500

Maybe Mel gets a commission....

At 12:26 AM 2/14/97 -0800, Ryan Lowe wrote:
>Sorry, but this is a little late in the conversation. Mel Warner (NIU)
>instructed me to purchase a new clarinet every five or so years...no
>matter how well you treat the one that you have. I was just
>wondering...why? I know all of the wear and tear theories. Would a
>greenline last a shorter or longer time than a normal R13 because it is
>made of compost (or composite, whatever you want to call it)?
>
>Thanks in advance
>Kumquat
>Ryan Lowe
>
>
David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Adjunct Woodwind Instructor Univ. of Penn,. Bryn Mawr College
Foundation of Arts and Musical Excellence Summer Music Festival (FAME)