Klarinet Archive - Posting 000667.txt from 1998/12

From: "Frederick S. Sterns" <fssterns@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bok book
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 21:28:58 -0500

>Can anyone tell me how to obtain (in the US) Henri Bok's "New
>Techniques for the Bass Clarinet" . Usual sources (amazon, etc.)
>fail me.
>
>
>Mark Thiel
>thielm@-----.com

...for the record...I made an extensive effort to get Henri's book about
six months ago, contacted several jobbers, including the distributor that
Henri said represented him in the States. All this to no avail!

At one point the "special order" person for the latter [I'd have to look
back to get the exact name] gave every indication that the book could be
obtained from the French publisher, but she never got back to me. Several
follow up phone calls likewise produced nothing...not even an
acknowledgement. After leaving three voice mail messages without a return
call I wrote that source off.

I wrote Henri again, and he replied he was disappointed at the failure of
his US distributor to deliver...but nothing more. I had asked specifically
if there was a way of getting the pub directly!

Having spent several hours without success I figured I had invested enough
time and gave up the project.

Hopefully you have better luck. Fred Sterns

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