Klarinet Archive - Posting 000502.txt from 1998/09

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Along the lines of Mudding
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 14:11:03 -0400

The late Robert Vagner, Professor Emeritus University of Oregon, traveled
to the Vandoren Reed Factory in the late '60's and hand selected (played)
over 200 reeds - which he brought back and kept in a drawer. His wife
asked if she could use his old reeds to make a clock out of - and he
agreed - told her where the reeds were, and left for school. He came home
to find 95 of his best, hand selected reeds glued to a clock - he came
UNGLUED. It is one of the few times he considered his marraige vows - or
so he said (his wife, btw is still alive and is a beautiful, charming
lady!).

I've seen the clock......actually pretty nice!

Roger Garrett
IWU

On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Edward Evans wrote:

> I have a friend, former clarinet professor at Ohio Northern University, who
> was preparing for a recital. The day of his recital, his daughter found his
> "good" reeds and decided to use them to make a picket fence in one of her
> mothers flower pots, tip down! He about died, but still played flawlessly.
>
> Anyone else have any pre-performance horror stories??
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