@BlueStateBabe
Clarinet brings back a memory:
My younger sister played clarinet in school and each time my friends and I went to the mall on the weekend (what one did in 1978) I had to trot to the music store for Mitchell Lurie 4 reeds.
Yesterday, I discovered that my great-grandfather, who was in the DC Navy Band, played clarinet. So did my sister, and my eldest. I guess my choice of pandemic instrument was pre-ordained. LOL!
In truth, it is one of the less expensive instruments to rent or buy, and a child can carry it on the bus to school daily. But that all would have been irrelevant for my great-grandfather, I would think.
@BlueStateBabe
Very cool history. When was our Great-grandfather in the band?
@BlueStateBabe
I think that unit maybe became the D.C. National Guard?