Klarinet Archive - Posting 000261.txt from 2011/06

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] another R13 topic
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:30:10 -0400


Rachel reminds me of an amusing flee market incident at the Porte de Vanves in Paris. The guy had two Buffet Eb clarinets for which he was asking 1200 f when 7 francs were worth a dollar. Both of them appeared to have been left exposed in an attic for a long time and their pads were long gone and all the cork was frayed. One of them had warped slightly so you couldn't see light through the top joint when looking up from the bottom of the bell. How neat it would have been, I kept thinking, to fix up one or both, particularly the warped one, and become the crooked eefer player in the band to which I belong. I told the guy they were both junk but that I'd give him 100 f for them. He didn't like the fact that I didn't want to bargain for his junk.

It's a nice memory, however, of my wonderful trips to Paris.

Oliver

> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:29:53 -0700
> From: gsurosey@-----.com
> To: klarinet@-----.com
> Subject: Re: [kl] another R13 topic
>
> The day I buy a professional clarinet (or any clarinet for that matter) for $10, I'll be wondering if I'm dead or on candid camera. Or wondering if the horn just got stolen and the theives need to unload it quickly.
>
> I love seeing auctions or yard sales that have instruments that are tagged broken, worthless, or beyond repair because there is no mouthpiece. I will take that home any day of the week.
>
> Rachel
>
> hahahaha. SOLD.
> >
> >Even when I asked them why, the only reason they gave me was that there was no mouthpiece with it.
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