Klarinet Archive - Posting 001460.txt from 1998/05

From: merlinw@-----.ca
Subj: Re: [kl] 101 uses for a dead Vandoren B45...]
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 19:12:29 -0400

On 05/29/98 09:04:46 you wrote:

>BTW, I don't understand the theory behind giving a B45 to some poor "deserving"
>student (from an earlier message, not Ken's). Perhaps "misery loves company"?
>Or is the use of the term "deserving" meant to be ironic? ;^) IMHO, at 119.5
>mm (per Vandoren) this is pretty open for a student mouthpiece even with a
>"medium long (?)" (21.5mm) facing.

Well, if I sat down in the local community band, and the clarinet player beside me was struggling along with a Bundy with the stock plastic m/p, I would gladly donate an old B45 to them. Given that so many students are stuck with the 2.5 Ricos they get at school, it would probably serve them well. Maybe it would increase their pleasure in playing the instrument, thus leading them to acquire a better instrument, and become a lifelong player.

Merlin Williams
merlinw@-----.ca
http://www.netcom.ca/~merlinw
(A member of the Sax Ring!)

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