Klarinet Archive - Posting 000478.txt from 1999/02

From: Gary Van Cott<Gary@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Forgotten Instruments (was Re: [kl] Evette Clarinets)
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 02:11:04 -0500

My son has not been playing for the full period in his school band because
he had an eye operation after Christmas and he is still suffering from
double vision. He does odd jobs for the band director the rest of the time
(they have band for a double period that lasts about 80 minutes).

Two days ago the band director had my son haul an unidentified bassoon from
his office to the school lost and found. Who would lose a bassoon? Even
the student instruments are expensive!

Gary
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Dodgshun family <dodgshun@-----.nz> on 02/09/99 01:18:49 PM
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Subject: Re: Re: [kl] Evette Clarinets

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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