Klarinet Archive - Posting 001681.txt from 1998/04

From: Mitch Bassman <mbassman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: More clarinettists
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:07:53 -0400

At 07:01 PM 4/28/98 -0400, Audrey Podmore wrote:
>... Pamela Weston ... wondered what she could call a fifth book - "Even More
>Virtuosi"

Try: Yet Another Clarinet Set

>While we're on the subject of terminology, did we ever decide what the
>collective noun for clarinettists should be?

Hmmmm,
A Clairvoyance of Clarinettists?
A Clamor of Clarinettists?
A Clang of ... [no, that would be cymbalists]
A Clan ... [yucky]
A Clarabella of Clarinettists? [I like this one; look it up]
A Clarion of Clarinettists? [Also appealing]
A Clarity of Clarinettists?
A Clique ... [um, no]
A Forest of Clarinettists? [No; requires all clarinets to be wood]
A Squeak of Clarinettists? [Preferably applies only to beginning band
students]

No, I guess we never did decide. Do you think we could all agree on
anything like this?

Mitch Bassman
Burke, Virginia, USA

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