Crystal?! I can see right through that fib.....

[farfl's house <farfl...>]

>

Not such an absurd answer, actually, as at least one major clarinet 
manufacturer offers a transparent, crystal clarinet mouthpiece. I know I have a 
listing for one in a 1931 Selmer catalogue! I guess his answer is akin to 
someone telling their children that the hotdogs they're eating are actually 
"tubesteaks".
Regards,
Lederman

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> Subject: Re: zither/tsimbl, ocarina/concertina...
> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:24:26 +0200
> From: "borzykowski" <borzykowski (at) infomaniak(dot)ch>
> To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>
> Giora Feidman told me once that he's often asked after concerts about the
> material of his plastic transparent clarinet  and that he uses to answer
> "crystal"...
> Michal
>

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