Klarinet Archive - Posting 000220.txt from 1997/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Kids Today
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 19:41:10 -0400

...kids who bring in instruments
>from the attic and want to play them (I had a clarinet come in from
>Czechlovakia that was in terrible condition, not to mention it was stamped
>LP)
>
Excellent points made in posting, but one nit to pick: the "LP" mark is a
good thing. It means that, rather than being tuned to A=452 or so as had
become common, this horn was made after the adoption of the A@-----.
It may still have been firewood, but at least it would burn on pitch!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.