Klarinet Archive - Posting 000348.txt from 1999/11

From: "Sherri" <sheba@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] (Fwd) Re: [kl] Clarinet pictures
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 17:06:19 -0500

On 8 Nov 99, at 19:12, Audrey Travis wrote:

> I'm sure lots of people on the list know this, but just in case - lots of
> these clarinets are on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
> Manhattan. I saw them last spring and they're amazing! The museum has a
> huge section of nothing but old and older instruments - everything from
> porcelain flutes to harpsichords to strings of every size, shape and
> description imaginable. If you're in New York, do go to see them - you
> won't regret it.

I agree. Just to whet people's appetite, there was even an
instrument that doubled as a walking stick. I think it was some
form of an early clarinet. I hope that is still there. I had been there
over 10 years ago, I don't know if they changed the
"instrumentation".

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