Klarinet Archive - Posting 000260.txt from 2008/11

From: Fred <fred.sheim@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clear Clarinet
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:02:44 -0500

She said her young students thought what you describe was really
cool! But is this just a cheap horn, or does it have some historical
significance?

Fred

At 07:55 PM 11/18/2008, you wrote:
>I remember those instruments. The problem with them is that
>everything running down the length of the instrument's bore was
>visible and it was pretty ugly to see all that spit.
>
>Dan Leeson
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred" <fred.sheim@-----.net>
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:38 PM
>Subject: [kl] Clear Clarinet
>
>
>>My friend just showed me a clarinet made from some sort of CLEAR
>>material, like thick plexiglass(?). It was sort of like the colored
>>clear LeBlancs of a few years ago. She said it belonged to her
>>father and was 100 years old, but I doubt that because it was a
>>standard 17-6 Boehm system instrument. The logo on it is:
>>
>>V. Kohlert's
>>Sons
>>Graslitz
>>270577
>>
>>Does anyone have any info on this horn?
>>
>>Fred
>>
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