Klarinet Archive - Posting 000904.txt from 1998/01

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: WTB or swap - clarinet barrels
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 21:05:36 -0500

Lane G White wrote:
>
> I have a Buffet/Moennig barrel
<snip>
> Plating on the rings is in fair shape and the
> tenons are not worn.

Just to be accurate here - the barrel has mortise on each end
(also commonly called a socket) - the mouthpiece and upper joint
have the tenons - the projecting parts.

I looked up the word mortise (trying to find the plural - which
I studiously avoided above :) and, interestingly enough, it
derives from the Arabic word murtazza, meaning joined. Tenon
derives (finally) from the Latin tenere, to hold, and is
closely related to the word tenant, a rent payer. That's it
for today's trivia fix.
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