Klarinet Archive - Posting 000232.txt from 2005/01

From: John Dablin <jdablin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet Anniversary
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:47:50 -0500

Hmmm...

Jan 14th 1690
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7am Got up
8am Had idea over breakfast
9am Went to workshop
9.30am Found a piece of wood and started work
4pm Eureka! I've invented a... What shall I call it? Yes! A clarinet!
5pm Went down the pub to celebrate.

John Dablin
Aylesbury UK

On Friday 14 Jan 2005 20:35, mlmarmer wrote:
> Although I heard this date on the radio, January 14, 1690, I did search
> "January 14, 1690" and I got a some hits on the internet about the
> clarinet, being invented today in Germany in 1690.
>
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