Klarinet Archive - Posting 000442.txt from 1998/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Military Bands (was Normandy Clarinet)
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 00:30:55 -0400

At 07:25 PM 6/11/98 EDT, Bobbi wrote:
>If the band is lucky enough to have a repair tech. then lucky them..My
>husband had to pay for the repairs for a Brand new never been played Selmer
>Tenor Sax. Because Selmer sent them a crappy horn in which the corks kept
>falling off of.

What, no warrantee?

I had the very pleasant experience of sitting in with an Army band in
Panama for an outdoor concert in 1993 while I was in the Air Force. I had
come to hear the concert and noticed that the band had only two clarinets.
I inquired and was told that they normally had three, but one was out sick
in the hospital. Since I had brought a clarinet with me for entertainment
on my 10-week assignment and had it with me, I offered to help.
Fortunately, I had found myself needing MUCH entertainment so my chops were
in especially fine shape (for me). I sight-read second clarinet for the
concert. I must have done OK, because they invited me back for the next
concert, but I went back home too soon.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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