[Dixielandjazz] Metal Clarinets

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

A friend of mine has his built into a backyard fountain with water squirting 
out of everywhere.
Larry
StL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Andy.Ling at Quantel.Com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
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Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Metal Clarinets


>> I read some time ago that Lester Young used to play on a metal
>> clarinet. What are the sound qualities and benefits to having a
>> metal versus wood? Were most of these metal ones an Albert
>> system type? I think I remember hearing that metal clarinets are
>> long out of production.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
> I think most metal clarinets were the Boehem system. The main
> advantage was that they didn't crack an so could withstand
> much more abuse than a wooden one. This has been largely
> superseded by the modern plastic clarinet.
>
> They suffered more with temperature variations and of course
> the big problem was, you had to be a lot more careful
> insulating the wire when turning them into a lamp stand :-)
>
> They still crop up from time to time on ebay and the like.
>
> Andy Ling
>
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