Klarinet Archive - Posting 000735.txt from 1999/06

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: klarinet Digest 24 Jun 1999 20:15:00 -0000 Issue
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 19:58:12 -0400

At 06:14 PM 6/24/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Well this is just swell.
>
>It's bad enough worrying about my clarinet getting blown out, now I have to
>worry about my mouthpiece facing wearing out.
>
>I think I'll buy a bugle. A nice durable mouthpiece and no moving parts.
>
>MikeC

Mike,

If you take care of your mouthpiece, it will last many, many years. My
Pyne S13 (purchased from Shifrin in 1980 and made long before that) is
still great - although I don't play on it anymore. My Kaspar (C. 1955) is
still as good as the day it was purchased - although I don't play on it
either.

I don't think you need to be alarmed that the facing will change on you.

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Concert Band/Symphonic Winds/Titan Band
Advisor, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
Office: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3411

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