Klarinet Archive - Posting 000311.txt from 2000/09

From: Shouryunus Sarcasticii <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Okay, all you mpc gurus...
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 12:46:30 -0400

So I finally get my new (well, new to me) tenor/clarinet in the mail, both
complete w/mpcs. The stick is a wooden evette schaeffer - fairly old,
serial K2936. The mouthpiece is also ES, and appears to be plastic.

(FYI, I am at work as I type this...I picked up the horns from the post
office this morning and came straight to work with them to inspect them,
so I haven't played them.)

It also came with two barrels! The clarinet is unmistakably a Bb...I will
most likely sell it after overhauling it and purchasing a new case for it.
(The pads need to be changed, the L1 F# travel height needs to be
adjusted...but the TreyPak case stays with me! *lol*)

The tenor was advertised as a Cigar Cutter...it actually isn't....if it
was a little younger, it would be, but it just barely missed the mark,
making it a Super at 18334. The horn itself seems to be in VERY nice
condition, with typical laquer wear that you'd find on a 20-30 year old
horn, instead of a 55 year old horn. To my utter delight, it came
equipped with a Meyer mpc...although I use an Otto for tenor playing, I
certainly look forward to playing the Meyer for a bit to see what it's
like. It is not, however, like any Meyer I've ever seen before (keep in
mind that I'm a mere 22 years old, and mine eyes have to see many wonders
of the musical world). The facing number is printed on the back (it's a
5) and the standard 'info diamond' that I'm accustomed to seeing on Meyers
is not on the facing. Instead, there is a long, very shallow canyon in
the facing, in which is printed "Meyer TruFlex Facing"! Indeed, something
very different. At least to me.

Is this one of the 'classic' large bore Meyers I've heard so much about?
You know, the kind we all wish they used to make...the kind Cannonball
used to play on, etc etc etc?

(And uh...how much do you thing people would be willing to pay for it?
*grin*)

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
"Never put passion before principle. Even when win, you lose."
-Miyagi-san, KKpt.II

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