Klarinet Archive - Posting 000760.txt from 2001/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rene Dumont
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 18:59:24 -0400

At 12:16 PM 6/22/2001 EDT, Don Gross wrote:
>For those of us whose first wooden clarinet was a "Rene Dumont" -- which I
>believe were made in Czechoslovakia -- according to the Los Angeles Times,
>the instrument's namesake died on Monday at age 97 in suburban Paris.

The first clarinet I ever OWNED was (and still is) a Rene Dumont, clearly
labeled "Paris" and "Made in France." A more recently acquired Rene Dumont
Eb also says "Paris" but no country of origin is visible on it.

>Apparently, Dumont had no association with either music or clarinets other
>than his name.

The fool probably though there was money to be made in the music business!

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
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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