Klarinet Archive - Posting 000297.txt from 1998/02

From: "Scott Morrow" <sdm@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Was it elitism...
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 12:10:04 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Flannery <pjfnefro@-----.edu>
Date: Thursday, February 05, 1998 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: Was it elitism...

>Dan Leeson said:
>
>>Some materials are inherently unsuited to clarinet manufacture:
>>chocolate, . . .
>
>To which I say:
>
>Dan, I think you've hit on a great idea!! Chocolate clarinets (with
>Life-Saver rings and Twizzler springs) would solve a lot of problems as far
>as getting students to practice (of course they'd need extra marching
>drills to work off all the calories). :-)
>
>-Pat Flannery
>
>
The only drawback I see is that you'd probably need to use Flavo-reeds!
-Scott