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Re: Vintage clarinet

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-11-08 16:54

David -

The guy was Murray Snyder. In 1964, when I was young and even more foolish, I took the horn to him, on a strong recommendation, for an overhaul. He stuck a bore gauge down the top of the upper joint and told me "the bore has collapsed." So like a fool I said "OK."

He promised the work would be done in 4 weeks. I started calling him after 6 weeks, but he kept it for 3 months, and I missed an important audition, which I had to play on an inferior borrowed clarinet. When I finally demanded the clarinet back, telling him I had missed the audition, he replied "So now you'll appreciate it even more when you get it back.

If I had only sent it to Moennig!

Ken Shaw

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