Klarinet Archive - Posting 000419.txt from 2009/01

From: "Mike Vaccaro" <mike@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] mouthpiece question
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:31:26 -0500

Mike.

I actually have seen those websites before. No relation that I know of
though. My family was from Rockford Illinois. There is a big Vaccaro
presence in New Orleans also.

I think it may be a fairly common Sicilian name. Not sure.

Best,
Mike Vaccaro
www.MikeVaccaro.Com
www.VictorVanacore.Com
www.ColonialRoadMusicPublishing.Com
www.MandMmouthpieces.com
www.VaccaroandStevensWoodwinds.Com
562.424.4958 Phone
562.424.2512 Fax
800.449.8975 Toll Free

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael and Linda Marmer" <mlmarmer@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] mouthpiece question

> Mike,
>
> everytime I see you name with the last name of Vaccaro, I think of the two
> websites below.
>
> They two different Italian Pastry makers, one in Baltimore, MD and one in
> Silver Spring, MD which is 30 to 45 minutes below Baltimore and right on
> the border for Washington DC.
>
> I know this is not clarinet related, but it relates to a member of the
> list. O:)! And beside, maybe someone might now order something from them,
> as both make wonderful pastry's.
>
> They are related by blood, but they had a falling out and are no longer
> talking as they run their own pastry business. The one in Baltimore has
> several shops including Little Italy in Baltimore.
>
> Not sure if you knew about this, but I thought I would write about it.
>
> Mike Marmer
>
>
> http://www.vaccaros.com/
>
> http://www.vaccarospastry.com/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Vaccaro" <mike@-----.com>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 6:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] mouthpiece question
>
>
>> Flitz is a metal polish that you can get in most good hardware stores.
>> Works great on rubber mouthpieces. If you want to use rubbing compound to
>> take out any scratches too then you would use the Flitz last. That
>> combination will make that zinner look brand new.
>>
>> Mike Vaccaro
>> www.MandMmouthpieces.com
>> www.VaccaroandStevensWoodwinds.Com
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob and Deborah Shaw" <theshaws10@-----.net>
>> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 3:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [kl] mouthpiece question
>>
>>
>>> What is Flitz?
>>>
>>> Mike Vaccaro wrote:
>>>> Just get some Flitz and polish it back up.
>>>>
>>>> Mike Vaccaro
>>>> www.MandMmouthpieces.com
>>>> www.VaccaroandStevensWoodwinds.Com
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob and Deborah Shaw"
>>>> <theshaws10@-----.net>
>>>> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>>>> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 1:52 PM
>>>> Subject: [kl] mouthpiece question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I have a Johnston mouthpiece (great mouthpiece!) made on a Zinner
>>>>> blank. It looks like new underneath the mouthpiece patch and Rovner
>>>>> ligature. All other parts have lost their shiny finish. The inside of
>>>>> the mouthpiece still looks good. The mouthpiece still plays great.
>>>>> The question is, am I doing something to cause this, or is this a
>>>>> normal thing. I have never had this happen to another mouthpiece.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I was it, I use a drop of Dawn in cool water. Nothing harsh.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Deborah
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