Klarinet Archive - Posting 000072.txt from 2011/05

From: Robert Howe <arehow@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Buescher 234352
Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 01:05:37 -0400

Re: Metal bass clarinets...I have a lovely bass clarinet in metal by
Kohlert, which belonged in 1978 to the bands at Case Western Reserve
University. I was band manager and I bought it for $50 in graduation gift
money. It was then stolen from the band room after my check had been
accepted but before I graduated, and the college refused to reimburse me.
It cost less than my deductable so I was screwed.

In 2006 I saw it advertised at Vintage Instruments in Philadelphia. The
inscription, which I had added 28 years before, convinced the dealer to take
it off sale. The consignor, who had come across it in a shop in Indiana,
gave it to me for his cost in 1979. Everyone ended up happy.

I have not played it since 1978. However, I most heartily recommend Fred
Oster, proprietor of Vintage Instruments, for his integrity.

Cheers,

Robert Howe

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