Klarinet Archive - Posting 000272.txt from 1999/01

From: pollyg@-----. Gulakowski)
Subj: [kl] Re: Plastic - why?
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:57:07 -0500

I agree with Dee. Keep the Bundy, spend the money on maintenance AND an
extra mouthpeice, extra reed cap, maybe a plastic reed (!) (because these
all have been known to be dropped in the bleachers and lost or broken)
bobby pins (for hooking) popped springs, screwdriver set, chewing gum
(for replacing pads), dollar bill (for cleaning pads), rubberbands to
keep keys closed that have Kleenex in them because the pad is lost),
gloves with holes in the fingertips (white ones soaked in tea can
simulate flesh tones) etc. You may call all of this "The MacGyver Kit"
Reference: an old TV show.
DON'T BUY ANYTHING FROM A COMPANY THAT SETS A PACK OF RAVENING WOLVES ON
A MARCHING BAND FOR THEIR COMMERCIALS!
Have fun with your horns. It's what its all about.
Paulette

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 12:28:05 -0600 "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
writes:
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Luigi Montanez <luigenius@-----.com>
>To: klarinet@-----.org>
>Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 12:06 PM
>Subject: Re: [kl] re:Plastic - why?
>
>
>>I will need to be using this instrument for marching band, and where
>I
>>live (New Jersey) we experience all types of weather. I'm already
>>going to have a wooden clarinet (the E-12), and I am just looking to
>>replace my Bundy plastic if I have enough money left over.
>>
>>BTW, how much do you think I could sell the Bundy for?
>>It is seven years old, has a Vandoren B45 mouthpiece, and is in good
>>condition.
>
>
>
>In that case, I recommend keeping the Bundy as your marching horn.
>However,
>after 7 years, it probably could use a little maintenance (a new pad
>here
>and there, maybe some adjustment, etc). The Bundy is a fine student
>plastic
>horn and is made by Selmer, one of the four major makers. You could
>probably have a technician check it out and fix it up fairly
>inexpensively
>unless it is in really bad shape. Seven years isn't that old unless
>it's
>been really abused. A new plastic student horn through mail order
>discount will be around $360 and almost twice that at many local
>retailers.
>Yet if you try to sell yours, you will be lucky to even get $100.
>
>Then with the money you save by putting a little maintenance in your
>Bundy
>instead of buying a new marching horn you could buy some other goodies
>(metronome, tuner, music, music software for your computer, etc).
>
>
>Dee Hays
>Canton, SD
>
>
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