On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Paul G. Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brad Beyenhof wrote: >> I play as well (sorry to hear of your loss... what make/model was >> it?), > > Buffet E11, Bb, Wood, chromed keys. ~$850 when it was purchased in the late > '70s. See one here: > http://www.andysmusiconline.com/products/buffet-e11-clarinet.html > > I kept it oiled and clean and it never had a crack or blemish. It had > excellent tone. The price for one of these has doubled since mine was > purchased.
I've actually got one in a case sitting to my left... it cost me about the same when it was new in '02. (The Windsmith in North Park are great dealers!) I can see how a 30-year-old one that was kept up well would sell for a lot higher as the grenadilla wood aged and the tone matured, though. > It is pretty cool. Now I want to see them make one play an Oboe (I played > that too, but I never owned the instrument. I did make my own reeds though. > Can a Linux powered robot do that (make oboe or other double reeds)?! (Short > answer: No, not really.) I played the bassoon, but never made my own reeds (or owned the instrument... those things are EXPENSIVE!). I doubt a computer could have the delicate strength required to firmly hold but not break a double reed. It would be interesting to see a computer try to play a saxophone (I own a couple of tenor saxes, including a vintage one of the same make, model, and year as Lester Young's) or a bass clarinet, where the air column enters the mouthpiece completely parallel to the reed. It's even easier to overblow those if you're not careful with your embouchure, resulting in unseemly squeaks. Of course, now that I think about it, the computer seems to be playing the clarinet with a sax-like "mouth position" anyway, which is part of what gives it the amateurish tone. -- Brad Beyenhof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://augmentedfourth.com Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. ~ Sydney Smith, English essayist and preacher (1771-1845) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
