Klarinet Archive - Posting 000208.txt from 2000/11

From: "Franklin Kercher" <kranwli@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Hard Rubber Selmer
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 21:35:00 -0500

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From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Date: Friday, November 03, 2000 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Hard Rubber Selmer

>At 02:08 PM 11/3/2000 -0500, Brent Eresman wrote:
>>
It's very posible it was a special horn for outdoor occasions. My uncle
had an all metal bass fiddle for outdoor gigs in the Hollywood area because
when the fog roles in there off the Pacific, it is very thick and will ruin
a good wooden fiddle. I just got an early Pedler that has extra keys/ring
and it too is a rubber duckie.

>>Just in case anyone is interested...
>>
>>I was over at Ralph Morgan's last night to show him that hard rubber
Selmer
>>Paris clarinet i bought on ebay. He at first didn't think that Selmer
ever
>>made such a thing, but when i took it over there he agreed that it was in
>>fact Selmer's pro model in hard rubber. He said that there was no record
>>of Selmer having made such a thing and that this must have been a one-off
>>which was not documented or sold commercially.
>>
>>Hmmm...
>>
>Is it possible that such an instrument would have been produced
>specifically for use in extreme conditions -- tropical or arctic -- that
>would be ruinous to a wood clarinet?
>
>
>
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>Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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>Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265
>
>If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>
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