Klarinet Archive - Posting 000371.txt from 2004/11

From: kimi <kimi_kimy@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Clarinets - Identification markings ect.,
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 22:28:01 -0500

Today I went to pick up my daughter from band practice
this afternoon. She had stated that they weren't
having it because they were only working with honors
band students which consisted of upper classman which
made little sense to me but oh well.

When I got there the first thing she told me was
somebody had stolen part of her clarinet. The top
half of her clarinet had been taken. She had just
discovered this right before I got there too. When we
went to the band director, he had a few helping to
find it but still it hadn't been found. SO he had
planned to wait till all the students came back and
and then ask about the clarinet. In mean time one of
the students came milling back and heard the commotion
about the clarinet and next thing I know, the student
is taking the top half off a clarinet she had in her
hand and said to me and my daughter, "I borrowed it
because my top half was broken, I'm sorry" and then
she walked away!

I was extremely upset by then as it was. She never
asked to borrow it nor did she tell the band director
that her own clarinet was broken. She basically just
took it without a thought to how it would make my
daughter feel.

SO I have a couple of questions.

It seems on a yamaha clarinet that the serial numbers
are only on "one" part of the clarinet and that is the
second half. The bell nor the top half has any serial
numbers on it. Does anyone have any ideas on ways
that all pieces of her clarinet can be marked and is
there such a thing as a locking clarinet case with a
key or combination lock to prevent this from happening
again.

The classroom was full of kids milling around getting
ready for practice so most of them had their clarinet
cases either closed or open sitting on the floor and
most of them had walked off for awhile and thas when
this person zero'd in to borrow the piece she took. I
did tell my daughter not to leave it anywhere in the
room again even if she was only going to be gone five
minutes. To lock it in the locker. But I would feel
better even if it's not in the locker during band
itself, for her to have the option of locking it in
its case if she needs to.

Thanks
k

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