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Author: Biased R13 Guy
Date: 2008-06-12 21:14
Am I mistaken or is this a picture of Reginald Kell holding a pipe? http://www.amazon.com/Swing-Low-Sweet-Clarinet-Reginald/dp/B000AYYTQW
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2008-06-13 03:05
It is a pipe but what's the difference? A lot of wind players smoked in those days. When I joined the BSO in 63 the entire clarinet section smoked, and that included Iggy Genussa. He smoked like a chimney. I stopped when I was about 25, the others also stopped a few years later, Iggy retired but never did stop as far as I know. So again, is there a point to this or just curiosity? ESP
www.peabody.jhu.edu/457
(Listen to a little Mozart, smokIn Mozart)
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Author: Ryder
Date: 2008-06-13 03:53
I think this is a matter of different generations and times. Smoking was very common back when. Kids smoked, and they werent gangsters either. I can only imagine if he had mistaken his clarinet for his pipe.
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Author: kenb
Date: 2008-06-13 06:07
Ah, testing for leaks was so much easier then...
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Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2008-06-13 13:46
Not only was testing for leaks easier, but breaking in reeds was easier.
The tar helped to seal the pores in the reeds during break in.
I have to burnish the reeds more since I've stopped smoking.
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2008-06-13 14:16
Not a pipe!
An early Backun tuning barrel for an English Horn. Made of Yambezzi wood.
Bob Phillips
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2008-06-13 15:47
It could be worse. It could have been a special neck for an alto clarinet.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Old Geezer
Date: 2008-06-13 18:13
Yeh, it could be a pioneer Bakun tuning barrel...at only $600!
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Author: robertgh
Date: 2008-06-15 16:20
The pipe is interesting, but the real grabber about this disc is that it may be the only recording in existence of that legendary performer BBC Acetate!
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Author: beejay
Date: 2008-06-15 21:59
It's clearly a left-hand E/B key. You get the rest of the clarinet when you buy the record.
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