Klarinet Archive - Posting 000465.txt from 2005/01

From: "Matthew Lloyd" <matthew@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Titanic (on-topic, really)
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:24:13 -0500

I saw that exhibition at the Science Museum in London - a few days
before I first sailed across the North Atlantic on RMS Queen Elizabeth
2.

A very moving sight, wasn't it? I can't recall the history of it, but
somehow it spoke across the years. I found the small person items so
very sad.

Being on deck, only a few days later, at the sort of time RMS Titanic
finally sank was an eerie experience, and being, as I was, the only
person on deck, had some idea of how utterly alone they must have felt.

Matthew

-----Original Message-----
From: Donna Higgins [mailto:Donna@-----.com]
Sent: 23 January 2005 03:08
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Titanic (on-topic, really)

I just got back from seeing "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit." One of the
artifacts on display was a clarinet. I couldn't make out a brand name
or a logo. Many of the keys were gone, the rest were encrusted with
green stuff. And the mouthpiece was on backwards from the way we play
today. I wondered if that's how it was found, or if the pieces were
assembled by the person who did the cleaning and resoration work. Were
clarinets still commonly played with "backward" mouthpieces in 1912?

Another interesting thing - the little card that went with the display
said that back in the early 20th century, clarinet key systems were not
standardized, and the keywork on a particular instrument depended on the
level of player for whom the instrument was intended. According to the
text, the instrument on display was meant for an "accomplished
amateur." I've never heard that before. Is it true?

- Donna

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