Klarinet Archive - Posting 000501.txt from 2003/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Replacement Eb clarinet case
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 21:03:47 -0500

At 12:46 PM 2/17/2003 -0500, George Kidder wrote:
>Robyn,
>
>Many (most?) student grade Eb clarinets (like Bundy) are what you call
>4-piece, and the cases require only that the MP be removed - the rest of
>it goes into the case as is. (At least my Bundy does.) Maybe not a great
>idea to leave the corks compressed in the case, but it does suggest that
>there might be a usable case from a discarded instrument out there, if you
>approached your music store or school band program.

My used Eb came in a relatively new replacement case that fit like the one
you describe. It probably came from Allied or DEG, and would therefore be
orderable through just about ANY music store.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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