Klarinet Archive - Posting 000370.txt from 1999/02

From: Dodgshun family <dodgshun@-----.nz>
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] Evette Clarinets
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 17:36:14 -0500

At 05:20 PM 8/02/99 -0600, you wrote:

<snip>

>That's very wise of you, Cindy. It would be nice if everyone conserved
>things that way. There'd be a lot less needy people in the world.
>
>And that brings up another point. I've had students graduate from high
>school and not bother to bring their instrument home for several years.
>When I have run into a needy student, I'll call the person who left it and
>tell them that, if they don't come and pick it up in a week, I'll give it to
>this needy student.
>
Abbie, a french horn playing friend of mine, recently decided to upgrade her
instrument, when she was offered a very good price for her old one. While
deciding which new horn to buy, she went to a local brass teacher to ask if
he had a horn she could borrow. He went into a store room and reappeared
with a professional Conn horn, in mint condition (except that the valves had
frozen up from disuse), which had been left at his place five years before
by a girl who'd gone overseas and left it behind. Well, when Abbie turned
up to our next wind octet rehearsal with this horn, our director (who is a
brilliant horn player himself) nearly died. The first thing he said was
"Where did you get that from!?" - apparently it's worth about NZ$7000. The
guy Abbie got it from is still trying to track the owner down to ask if she
wants to sell it; meanwhile Abbie is happily playing this wonderful horn
free of charge. I don't understand how someone can leave an expensive
instrument and forget about it; I'm far too attached to my clarinets to
leave them anywhere! Even giving back my bass clarinet (not strictly mine -
belongs to the youth orchestra) over the Christmas break was not easy to do!
My brother, although strictly a cellist, takes his guitar almost everywhere,
and I know several percussionists who won't leave home without a pair of
drumsticks in the back pocket of their jeans!

Anna

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