Klarinet Archive - Posting 000967.txt from 1998/02

From: garylsmith@-----.com (Gary L Smith)
Subj: Re: Another barrel question
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 12:33:27 -0500

On Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:35:52 -0500 Kenneth Wolman <kwolman@-----.net>
writes:
>The other night on a NY PBS station, they were running a tribute to
>Benny
>Goodman. One of the soloists was Stoltzman. As one might expect,
>superb.
>I didn't have my magnifying glass so couldn't make out the logo on the
>instrument:-). What I DID notice was the barrel of the clarinet
>didn't
>match the rest of the instrument: it was a dark red hue rather than
>black.
>A "third party" barrel, and if so, what kind might it have been?

I've noticed that barrel of his on CD covers. I can't make out any logo,
sorry - it may be custom, or just an old one that he found and considers
to be the "One True Barrel." :-)