Klarinet Archive - Posting 000912.txt from 1998/02

From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Backwards clarinets
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:13:34 -0500

Several years ago, there was a reasonably well-known regional artist who
was doing small sculptures of jazz musicians and jazz groups. As a
Christmas surprise, my wife commissioned him to do a clarinetist for me.
You guessed it, the artist did the sculpture with the right hand on top.
What a relief to find out, after all these years, that the artist didn't
screw up -- he just sculpted a guy playing a Yamaha RN model! I wonder
if the artist is now working for Yamaha's art department). ;^)

Thanks for the clarification, Dan.

Warm regards,

Jack Kissinger
St. Louis

Daniel A. Paprocki wrote:
>
> Anna,
> I think Yamaha makes a backwards clarinet. If you check out their
> newest ad - it shows a person at a workbench working on a backwards
> professional clarinet. - I think this is the RN model Yamaha or the
> "reverse negative" model. I hope Yamaha is more careful with making
> clarinets than with advertising photos.
>
> Dan
>
> *********************************************************************
> Daniel A. Paprocki
>
> Instructor of Clarinet & Music, Malone College
> Adjunct Professor of Clarinet, Kent State University - Stark Campus
>
> dap@-----.net
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