Klarinet Archive - Posting 000767.txt from 1997/11

From: pharmacy <pharmacy@-----.com>
Subj: Glass Clarinets
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 23:14:10 -0500

Composer16@-----.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 97-11-20 22:18:18 EST, you write:
>
> << And I also add that in a previous discussion of metal clarinets,
> the first clarinet in the Boston Symphony about 75 years ago played
> on a metal instrument, and many of the members of this list still
> have excellent ones. They are also made out of bamboo (which I
> have not played) and glass, too. >>
>
> Wow! Glass clarinets! What were thoes like? Who makes them? Can you still
> get some today?

Well, I know it's a pane for me to say it, but they have an
exceptionally clear tone. Please, no cutting remarks when y'all screen
this message!
Carol