Klarinet Archive - Posting 000837.txt from 1997/09

From: SDM@-----. Morrow)
Subj: Re: Haynes clarinets
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 12:55:37 -0400

Jim Lytthans wrote:

>In about 1961, a local Los Angeles music store named Lockie Music went
>belly up, and sold off everything. While going through their upstair
>storeroom, I came across a pair of Haynes silver clarinets. They were
>in prime condition, nestled in a long, rectangular case that opened on
>the end. The construction was, of course, double-walled, and both
>played beautifully. I think Lockie want something like $450 the pair,
>which was more that this suffering USC student could afford. Now I kick
>myself for not somehow buying them, as I kick myself for not buying a
>Selmer Mark VI alto and tenor sax then (maybe $400 each!). Hind-end
>sight is wonderful isn't it?
>--

Apparently, hind-end sight is NOT wonderful: you keep kicking yourself in it!

Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410) 955-3631

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