Klarinet Archive - Posting 000719.txt from 1998/03

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: re:Kinder Clari
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 21:55:50 -0500

John Denman makes it. I got serial #7.

David Blumberg

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 17:04:53 -0800
From: "Jason Hsien" <jasonavhs@-----.com>
Subject: Re: Kinder Clarinets

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From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>

|In countries where the Oehler system is popular are there any
|manufacturers turning out (cheap) plastic 12-key Albert system clarinets
|(probably pitched in C) for children starting out. I have seen what I
|believe to be such an instrument and am wondering at its origin. It
|looked quite new and had no markings.

I'm wondering if this is a coincidence or if this is what you saw, but
Buffet makes a plastic Eb Boehm System Clarinet for young children called
"Kinder Clarinet". It is held in a backpack case out of foam and
nylon/polyester that the child can carry like a backpack.