Klarinet Archive - Posting 001523.txt from 1998/04

From: Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.Net>
Subj: [klarinet] Re: All Metal Clarinets
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 08:55:03 -0400

Oh, Cindy -- I wish I could stumble on that kind of a deal. I've been
haunting pawn shops and antique stores, as well as music stores that deal
in used instruments, looking for a metal clarinet that good at that kind of
a price. My main horn is an elderly Conn 444N that I've been playing since
I was in high school. I yearn for a new LeBlanc, but the Conn was once a
top pro-grade horn, the mechanism is bullet-proof, the sound is good, and
it does all I need a clarinet to do. The only thing is, I'd like to have a
plausible instrument I could play outside, or carry in the trunk in any
weather, without risking cracks in my cherished old wood instrument.

- Lee Hickling

Cindy wrote:

> I just purchased a Noblet gold and silver metal clarinet
>(brass and silver plated actually) for $78! It's a fine looking instrument,
>plays well (now that I replaced a few pads), and will be especially
>appropriate during the Christmas holidays...or 4th of July.

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