Klarinet Archive - Posting 000775.txt from 2001/11

From: "Jim Hobby" <jhobby@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Interesting facts (?)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:51:34 -0500

>From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>

>I HAVE seen a paper clip in a trumpet valve (not pretty!). And I have
>personally repaired a young clarinetist's instrument at a band festival by
>removing a DIME that had become wedged in the lower part of the bore
>(Lesson: don't leave loose change in your case!).

I once removed a penny from between the barrel and the top joint of a
clarinet. It wasn't an accident, though. The girl's older brother had a
wicked sense of humor. <g>

Jim Hobby

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