Klarinet Archive - Posting 000705.txt from 2002/07

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Terms that make you Wince.....
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:59:35 -0400

In a message dated Mon, 22 Jul 2002 3:31:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, thanos563@-----.com writes:

> Who can forget that classic Beatles tune "WHen I'm Sixty-Four" It
> contains not just one clarinet but a quartet of <sic> thee
> sopranos and a claribass.

Sorry, but the term "Claribass" makes me wince.

It sounds too much like "Claribelle" as in the famed clown on "Howdy Doody".

And yes, "Kimber the Wrestler", (wince again), that REALLY shows my age.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com
Claribass overhauls (wince)

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