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Re: Who has seen an Adolph Sax clarinet?

Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2019-12-12 18:12

>> [The University of Edinburgh curators are] much less open to having the instruments taken away to be used in concerts, which was the clear intention of Nick's bequest, but that's another story. >>

That's putting it mildly; they are criminally obstructive of Nick's instruments being used in that way.

I have an instrument in that collection, a Bb clarinet by Herouard & Fils, on which I played and recorded the Schubert Octet (still in the catalogue.) Preferring after a time to use a more classical instrument, I gave this clarinet to Nick in gratitude for the many times he had lent me items from his collection. He said it filled a gap.

I am sorry to have effectively got it into Edinburgh's clutches. It's now unavailable for performance to all players, including me, quite contrary to the conditions of Nick's bequest.

"He shouldn't have let us have them, should he?" seems to be their attitude.

Tony

Post Edited (2019-12-12 18:14)

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