Klarinet Archive - Posting 000199.txt from 2001/01

From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: STOLEN CLARINETS
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 23:19:42 -0500

Just remember not to bake at 400 degrees. :)

Stewart Kiritz

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From: "William Wright" <Bilwright@-----.net>
Subject: RE: [kl] RE: STOLEN CLARINETS

> Hindsight is always easier, of course; but as a photographer, I
> learned to carry my equipment in the shoddiest looking bag I could find
> that wasn't actually falling apart at the seams. A few photographers
> go so far as to leave a baby diaper or a stained baby pajamas hanging
> out of one pocket.
>
> The problem -- of course -- is that it's fun to have a nifty, first
> class bag to carry your stuff in. But to this day, I've never lost the
> habit of carrying valuable stuff in a shabby bag or briefcase. I put
> my clarinet into Yamaha's smallest hard case for physical protection,
> and then the case fits easily into a beat up old briefcase that my Dad
> gave me 20 years ago.
> This drives the clerk at the music store crazy. He thinks I'm a
> cheapster because I won't buy a fancy bag from him. I had to leave my
> case at home one day --- grand kids and a music case with convenient
> cavities that beg to be filled with something mushy are not a happy
> combination --- and I brought my instrument to the store wrapped in a
> hand towel inside a piece of Tupperware. The clerk looked at me with
> disgust and wouldn't even talk to me that day.
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
>
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