Klarinet Archive - Posting 000160.txt from 2004/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Clarinet Popularity
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:24:03 -0400

At 01:47 AM 10/6/2004 -0400, Rose Harrison wrote:
>I started in the band because I wanted to learn piano and my parents could
>not afford a piano plus we didn't have the room for one. In the 5th grade we
>started with the flutophone (anyone else heard of those things??? LOL) to
>see who was really interested.

I learned Flutophone in the 3rd or 4th grade. It turned out to be very
handy when I later took up clarinet since it fingers like most standard
woodwinds. I still have mine! And they are still available for sale
today, although, of course, the plastic is not as good as it used to be.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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