Klarinet Archive - Posting 000758.txt from 1997/08

From: Lisa Clayton <clayton@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: marching for looks, not sound
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 23:08:42 -0400

At 11:27 AM 08.18.97 -0500, Gary Young wrote:

>Back in the 50's when I was in HS marching band, they had not just
>mellophones but marshmellophones, which were much lighter than mellophones,
>though they did tend to swell up and turn golden brown on really hot sunny
>days -- some kids got (literally) stuck playing them. Haven't seen or
>heard of those for a long time now, though.

I think the last ones were made for Hershey State, home of the Marching
S'Mores.

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