Klarinet Archive - Posting 000574.txt from 2002/03

From: "Kent Krive" <k.krive@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Dupre Clarinet
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:54:15 -0500

Thanks, Stan.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Elias" <elias1@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Dupre Clarinet

> Kent,
>
> FWIW, I currently play semi-professionally on a Paul Dupre Bb clarinet
that
> my parents bought for me in 1953 for $175 that they didn't have to spare.
> I've had ample opportunities to upgrade to a Buffet, LeBlanc, Selmer,
etc.,
> but I couldn't part with my ratty old teddy bear. The wood has never
cracked
> despite years of unwitting thermal abuse. The bore, oiled once in the late
> '50s, is starting to show checking. The touchpieces and bands at the end
of
> the joints have long since lost their nickel (chromium? silver?) plating
and
> are now either dull base metal or burnished by my regular use. This is by
no
> means a top-of-the-line instrument, but with a B45 mouthpiece it sounds
> pretty good. Needless to say, it's not for sale.;-)
>
> Best regards.
>
> Stan
>
>
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