Klarinet Archive - Posting 000182.txt from 2003/04

From: Nancy Buckman <eefer@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Russell Harlow's note
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:31:59 -0400

At 11:49 AM 4/6/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Compair all these instruments with ones from the first 50 years of the 20th
>century and you will be very suprised, especially with the earlier small
>bore instruments just how much thinner the body of the horns are compaired
>to any model today. Jon Yeh played the 1907 horn and his comment was that it
>felt like a toy! But thats the one Mitchell Lurie loved the sound of. I'll
>be happy to show anyone who can come to the Clar-Fest these horns. I'll be
>there.
>RH

Hello Russell,

My original Buffet that my parents gave me as a junior in high school in
1968 has a serial number in the 102000 area. The reason I looked at the
Patricola instruments was because they were as light in weight as that
clarinet. It, too, needs new keywork. It has been patched with several
keys from older clarinets that had the soft German silver keys. Could this
possibly be a thin-walled clarinet? I loved the nice fat sound it had, but
he keywork was just too noisy and had been swedged to death. I have
considered having it rebuilt but it will be quite expensive. It has a
matching A and Eb to go with it. I'd like to impose and ask you for your
opinion. I understand that you really need to play it to make an
appraisal, but an educated guess will suffice for now, Thanks.

Nancy

,
>-Nancy Buckman
>Principal Clarinet / Orchestra
eefer@-----.net

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