Klarinet Archive - Posting 000566.txt from 1998/03

From: "Scott Morrow" <sdm@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Greenlines
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 12:00:02 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Date: Friday, March 06, 1998 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: Greenlines

>
>My R-13 A clarinet was made in about 1968; it is significantly heavier to
>both of my R-13 Bb's (one from 1976, the other from the early 90's). I
>have compared it to other, more recently manufactured A clarinets and it
>is noticeably heavier than them, also. I've never bothered to find out
>WHY, as the WHY doesn't really matter to me; it is simply a fact, and I
>often use a neckstrap to alleviate the thumb weight. Any one know for
>sure why this would be?
>
>
>Jacqueline Eastwood
>University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
>eastwooj@-----.edu
>
Jacqueline,
To minimize damage from shipping, many manufacturers (though none that
come to mind) used to ship their clarinets with a lead pipe stuffed inside
to prevent the walls from collapsing. Could you have forgotten to remove
the pipe?

-Scott :-)

Scott D. Morrow
DNA Synthesis Core Facility
Department of Biochemistry
The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
Baltimore, MD 21205
(410) 955-3631

   
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