Klarinet Archive - Posting 000034.txt from 2010/02

From: Nancy Buckman <eefer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lyons clarinet
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:25:11 -0500

My first C clarinet was a Lyons, and I used it exclusively for orchestra. =
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it in 1995 ($100 US) and played it until 2001, when I could afford a wood C=
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clarinet. And it didn't sound terrible either. In fact, to my ears it sou=
nds very =0D
much like a Buffet Tosca clarinet when it has a good reed set-up. I did fi=
nd I had =0D
to make all of my own reeds (cut them down) for it because there were no co=
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reeds that really fit the mouthpiece that comes with it (which is what I us=
ed). I =0D
did get in touch with Graham Lyons, and enlisted his help in how to get the=
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out of it. I still have it. My 7-year-old granddaughter plays it now and =
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quite well on it. She likes playing the duets in the "A Tune A Day" and "R=
ubank" =0D
method books with me. I especially "love" repairing it. Everything snaps =
on and =0D
off, including the neoprene pads.=0D
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Nancy=0D
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Nancy Buckman=0D
AACC Symphony=0D
Opera AACC=0D
Early Music Society of Northern MD=0D
eefer@-----.com=0D
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