Klarinet Archive - Posting 000780.txt from 1998/03

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Brannenizing...
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 11:43:28 -0500

On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Shouryu Nohe wrote:

> We all know about Bill Brannen and how he does such wonderful things for
> clarinets...however much he charges...(was it $500?)...down here, we get
> our sticks Pleasantized -- a guy named John Pleasant runs a similar
> service down here for about $200. While my horn doesn't have any HORRIBLE
> problems, I do have to struggle to get the upper altissimo to speak.

Gosh.....I wonder if it isn't the horn??? ;)

> Can a Greenline stick be Brannenized/Pleasantized?

Sure....one of my students just had it done last month. But she never had
any problems with the altissimo either (sorry, couldn't resist).

Roger Garrett