Klarinet Archive - Posting 000478.txt from 2003/08

From: "Ted Casher" <tedcasher@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Replies to Questions, questions
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:50:10 -0400

Ted Casher here: The person in Greenfield, MA is Richard Hurlburt. At last
report he is still with us, and buying, selling, and otherwise dealing in
woodwind instruments. Dunno if he is teaching---he is well into his senior
citizen discount eligibility. Talked with him last year, and he is a
compendium of musical resources around that part of the world.
His number is in the book.

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Kidder" <gkidder@-----.org>
Subject: Re: [kl] Replies to Questions, questions

> It's been many years since I lived in that area, but at least the towns
are
> still in the same places! You might try the music faculty at U. Mass
> Amherst for suggestions - there must be a music faculty! And you could
try
> the various smaller colleges on the off chance that someone could give you
> a lead - Clark, Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke, and Smith come to
> mind. There used to be a music store in Greenfield, but whether it still
> exists or not is a good question, and I can't even remember its name any
more.
>
> Good luck,
>
> George
> Bar Harbor, ME
>
> At 08:26 AM 8/19/03, you wrote:
> >I'm not ignoring your suggestion, I have asked around it's just that I
> >live in a small town - until a few years ago, there was only one stop
> >light - and experienced musicians aren't that abundant. Some in that
wind
> >symphony I was in suggested someone that is a 3 hour drive for me, 4 of
> >them suggested I ask here, on Klarinet, saying the group was so large and
> >diverse I was bound to find someone closer to home. Others gave me names
> >in Boston - and I'm trying to avoid that, not only the traffic and crowds
> >but also the higher prices. I also inquired at the Thayer Community
Music
> >School, a newly formed part of Thayer Symphony Orchestra - perhaps I was
> >asking the wrong person, but she had no suggestions. (Since I can't
quite
> >believe that all the musicians in the orchestra do their own repairs, I'm
> >going to attend their Open House next Sunday and see what I can dig up.)
>
>
>
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