Klarinet Archive - Posting 000567.txt from 2003/01

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Klose ???
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:18:36 -0500

Are you saying the Complete Method is out of print or only the separate
parts? JW Pepper has 9 copies in stock of the Complete but no listings for
the parts (Luyben doesn't list the parts either).

Gary
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At 08:57 AM 1/31/03, you wrote:
>I've been informed by the local music store (and verified on Pepper's
>website) that the Klose Celebrated Method for Clarinet is now permanently
>out of print. I've been using it for years with my high school intermediate
>and up students. (Actually, I still have my threadbare Staats edition I
>used in high school ... and paid $3 for the complete book.) This came up
>when I ordered a Part 1 for a student whose parents are a bit straped for
>cash and didn't feel they could afford the complete book. Apparently, the
>jobber sent the complete edition to the music shop. I picked it up, and
>thinking there was a problem, asked them to reorder it. I guess I'll give
>her the complete and just charge what Part 1 would have cost.
>
>But the problem: Obviously, I use other books, as well, but have always
>considered the Klose to be the "grounding" book, because it coveres so much
>in so many different ways. Almost any problem a student is having, there's
>something in the Klose to work on to correct the problem.
>
>What do any of you recommend as a general comprehensive manual to take the
>place of the Klose? (Or does anyone plan to take over publication of the
>current edition?
>
>All suggestions appreciated!
>
>Jim Hobby
>
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