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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-04-21 19:30
My teacher's final exam (he's a student teacher) is in mid May and I thought of something nifty yet not over-expensive or too intimate (I consider honking equipment "intimate") and thought that this clarinet fingering stamp would come in handy in his teaching career.
So I fired up my browser and tried a bunch of the well-known sites. But each one that carried that stamp said "sorry we're not allowed to ship this item to your country". I would be upset (but not really surprised) if I lived in an embargoed country, but Switzerland? What's so high-tech about a stamp that it cannot be exported?
So I roll my own and order a facsimile stamp from a local supplier. So much for free trade and the global village...sigh.
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Ben
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Author: David Peacham
Date: 2006-04-21 21:07
I don't know for sure, but I suspect that this is nothing to do with government restrictions. A more likely explanation is that the manufacturers of this item have appointed different retailers in different countries. You'll probably find that some lucky company has exclusive rights to sell the item in Switzerland, and companies based elsewhere have agreed not to take business from them.
This is commonly done with books. Many editions sold in the UK are marked "Not for sale in the USA". Not because the US government has banned them, but because there's a separate US edition.
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If there are so many people on this board unwilling or unable to have a civil and balanced discussion about important issues, then I shan't bother to post here any more.
To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-04-21 22:39
David,
that's what I'm suspecting too (the government thing wasn't meant that seriously). Problem is that the manufacturer doesn't tell who the lucky monopolist here is. (google failed miserably on finding them)
Oh well, meanwhile I created my own, if someone's interested I can attach it here - I retain the copyright but it'd be free for personal use.
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Ben
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Author: mtague
Date: 2006-04-22 00:08
You made your own stamp? I never thought about doing that for a fingering chart. It's been a while since I did a linocut...
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-04-27 22:53
(delete duplicate post, thanks)
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Ben
Post Edited (2006-04-27 22:56)
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-04-27 22:55
Attachment: FingeringStamp.jpg (10k)
Got the stamp back from the manufacturer. The attachment shows an actual scan of a paper printed with the stamp. The foggy thing is the name of the happy recipient (blurred for privacy).
(I might have been inspired, but the design was done from scratch, just in case a lawyer is lurking in here)
However, unless you want it personalised, a stock item (if available) is probably cheaper...
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Ben
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2006-04-28 14:21
Ben -
This is really useful. It's perfect for teachers to use for fingerings new to a student (or for the rest of us to use for a reminder that a special fingering is needed). Bravo.
Now if I could only figure out how to make it vertical instead of horizontal. ![[wink]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie3.gif)
Ken Shaw
Post Edited (2006-04-28 14:22)
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Author: GBK
Date: 2006-04-28 14:31
Attachment: FingeringStamp.jpg (11k)
Ken Shaw wrote:
> Now if I could only figure out how to make it vertical instead
> of horizontal.
Try this ...GBK
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