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Author: jim lande
Date: 2003-03-26 01:24
We have aften discussed the merits of clarinet lamps. Some like 'em. Some don't. I don't like the metal ones, partly because they can tarnish quickly. I recently saw one that takes the cake. The lamp was made with a plastic replica of a clarinet. Nonetheless, seller says that it is missing some of the 'flipper things'. Write to me off-line if you want to see a link.
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Author: ctt489
Date: 2003-03-26 02:01
I made one from my old plastic bundy. It sits on a bookshelf in my office. I got a small black shade so that it just come down to cover the barrel and doesn't hide any of the horn. It took me less than an hour to do and it was fun. Peace.
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Author: Mark P
Date: 2003-03-26 12:19
I have a friend who was using a Selmer full Boehm clarinet as a lamp. I felt so bad I gave him an old no-name Czech clarinet to liberate the Selmer from it's prison.
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2003-03-26 14:12
Turning old, tired instruments into lamps is certainly much less objectionable then, say, welding them into fountains or sculptures of locomotives.
After seeing a band director friend's office lamp made from an old military system oboe, I took an old microphone stand and turned my metal marching clarinet into a lamp. This started a trend, so now my living room is entirely illuminated by recycled instruments. There is also a flute with an oak base, but the masterpiece so far is a trombone wall lamp - pulling the slide turns on a large globe in the bell.
My only rule is that the instrument is not altered in the conversion. I still have the end plug for the flute, and the t-bone is held onto its oak plaque with oak clamps.
A friend had the bell replaced on her daughter's french horn some years ago. After having hung from a water pipe in her basement for several decades, she gave me the old bell to do something with, and almost all the parts are ready to turn it into a wall lamp / objet-d'arte. I got one of those fiber optic lamps that changes color, and this will go in the bell.
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Author: gerry
Date: 2003-03-26 19:55
Sounds like a good way to use the "Albert" System clarinet that I recently purchased on eBay from India for $15 + shipping. It doesn't work well as a clarinet, maybe it will work better as a lamp.
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Author: William
Date: 2003-03-26 21:40
OK, you clarinet lamp persons, how many boxes of bulbs did it take to find the "perfect" one??????
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Author: John J. Moses
Date: 2003-03-27 00:04
Hi Gerry & all:
I don't have any instrument lamps or furniture, but I used that very same "India" eBay type clarinet in an unusual way.
I now tell my students and friends that I'm the 5th house on the right, with the Clarinet hanging out in front, near my front door!
They never miss finding my house...great Clarinet!
JJM
Légère Artist
Clark W. Fobes Artist
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2003-03-27 11:58
To William:
Oh the light bulbs are no problem. But, being a woodworker, the right router bit is another story...
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Author: ebasta
Date: 2003-03-27 13:05
soak the bulbs in H2O2 overnight and dry them with a silk cloth. I find that ge bulbs look better if the walls are bright, and true value bulbs are better with dull walls. with a package of 6 i usually find that 5 are good from the dollar store. i always arrange them according to brilliance and wavelength.
does cheese come with all the reed whinning on this board?
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Author: John J. Moses
Date: 2003-03-27 13:29
"OK, you clarinet lamp persons, how many boxes of bulbs did it take to find the "perfect" one??????"
Lets see, that's an old one?
It takes a clarinet lamp person quite a while...he/she has to go through several boxes of bulbs to find JUST the RIGHT one!
But you all knew that...
JJM
Légère Artist
Clark W. Fobes Artist
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2003-03-27 16:07
Ralph Katz asserts: "Turning old, tired instruments into lamps is certainly much less objectionable then, say, welding them into fountains or sculptures of locomotives."
Gee, that must be correct; I cannot imagine how a Clarinet could become any reasonable part of a locomotive sculpture.
And John Moses, yours could be the best idea yet. I may put one of the Indian Clarinets in the front yard, mounted on a steel rod with a hitching ring on the top. Convenient for anyone on horseback who might visit.
Regards,
John
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2003-03-27 16:12
What I was referring to, was the several welders that seem to show up every year at the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, who specialize in turning old musical instruments into monstrosities. Fountains and locomotives. Really. Picture an old metal clarinet bell as the smokestack. Picture old baritone bells with water cascading from one to the other. That's about it. Now take two aspirins and try to calm down...
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Author: John J. Moses
Date: 2003-03-27 21:03
Hi John:
"And John Moses, yours could be the best idea yet. I may put one of the Indian Clarinets in the front yard, mounted on a steel rod with a hitching ring on the top. Convenient for anyone on horseback who might visit."
Sounds like a good idea! We don't have many horses dropping by here in NJ/NYC, but my outdoor Clarinet does attract other critters.
JJM
Légère Artist
Clark W. Fobes Artist
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Author: Pam H.
Date: 2003-03-27 22:49
Ralph, I may have seen the same sculptor at one of our local art shows. He welds all kinds of old instrument parts into yes, a locomotive, statues of weird looking musicians, etc. I kinda like the stuff myself, but figure for that kind of money maybe I could get something I could actually play.
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2003-03-28 01:40
Ralph Katz suggests: "Now take two aspirins and try to calm down..." Seriously, I just called my wife and asked her to stop and pick up some Dramamine.
And John J. Moses comments: "We don't have many horses dropping by here in NJ/NYC...." Out here in the sticks of California (50 km north of Pasadena) it can happen.
Regards,
John
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Author: Bob A
Date: 2003-03-28 02:14
It happens here in Iowa. At our St. Paddy Parade one little feller said:
"I'm sure glad they threw the candy before the horses passed by"
Bob A
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