Klarinet Archive - Posting 000014.txt from 2009/02

From: "MICHAEL MARMER LINDA MARMER" <mlmarmer@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] mouthpiece question
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:15:30 -0500

Mike,

I am glad the email was okay, as who knows, you might have some far distance
relatives in the state of Maryland.

I am sure they make a mean and deadly Cannoli.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Vaccaro" <mike@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] mouthpiece question

> 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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>>>>>
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