Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2022-07-14 07:37
Alexi,
Good to see you back in the fold!!
I, too, have been off of the BBoard for several years...I just happened to log on this evening and saw a familiar Alexi on here (the only name that I recognized).
I'm still hanging out in the deepest, darkest, North Arkansas Ozarks...it ain't easy to drag a hillbilly out of the hills!
Haven't played in a couple of years, as our community band shut down 2 years ago with the advent of the Covid thing. Because of my COPD, I had to give up on the contrabass clarinet, and donated it to the local high school. The bass clarinet is a bit easier, and I figure playing it will (maybe) help strengthen my lungs.
I got a fantastic deal on a Haynes sterling silver piccolo (practically stole it) & sent it to Haynes for a factory overhaul (only $1,000...gulp!!), and bought a new Haynes case and a padded carrying bag for it. I don't play the piccolo, so I am working with the music department at my alma mater college to identify the most deserving (and neediest) piccolo player, and will present it to them as a graduation present.
Anyhoo, after about 2 years without playing my R13, my chops will need a bunch of work to get in shape. Instead of staying in shape, I have spent the past couple of years Geocaching and doing Genealogy, neither of which has done anything for me musically!
Anyhoo, I need to get back on here and back into squeaking and squawking my clarinets...hopefully you will also get back to playing your lonely and forlorn clarinet as well.
Welcome back.
EuGene Smith
Clinton, AR
Post Edited (2022-07-14 07:42)
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