Klarinet Archive - Posting 000905.txt from 1998/02

From: Mitch Bassman <mbassman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: ITS A FACT (3)
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 09:36:44 -0500

At 09:00 AM 2/25/98 +0000, Roger Shilcock wrote:
>Boosey & Hawkes used to provide a *free* cloth for polishing keys with
>their instruments - and a second one for shining up the wood!
>Roger Shilcock

My Buffet A clarinet, purchased in 1969, came with such a cloth for
polishing the keys. I keep it in my double case and usually forget about
it. About once a year or so I happen to notice it, pull it out, and rub it
over the keys of whichever clarinet I happen to be holding. The keys on my
Buffet Bb clarinet, which was purchased in 1967 and is used much more often
than the A, are significantly more worn.

Mitch Bassman
Burke, Virginia, USA