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Guitar. | 170 | 52.31% | |
Drums. | 39 | 12.00% | |
Bass. | 45 | 13.85% | |
Violin. | 7 | 2.15% | |
Sax. | 4 | 1.23% | |
Piano/Keys. | 53 | 16.31% | |
Harmonica. | 7 | 2.15% | |
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12-16-2011, 04:59 PM | #2 (permalink) |
The Music Guru.
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Yeah, the first pictures of the clarinet were taken with a ****ty iPhone camera, lol! Here's a couple of better ones:
Front: Back (with reed): And for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, here is my most prized possession - my flute! Yes, the only good spot (read: clean enough to post online) was in front of the closet door with the Beatles poster on it! |
12-16-2011, 06:29 PM | #3 (permalink) | |
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I also picked up a flute earlier this past summer for all of $30 (and a melodica the same week), the flute is a Gemeinhardt M2, and I CAN make sound with this one |
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12-16-2011, 07:27 PM | #4 (permalink) | |
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The very first flute I had was a Gemeinhardt 2SP. Lasted me throughout middle school and high school. It had good sound, but it was quite heavy as I think it had a nickel body. It was just a student flute - not the open hole kind that I have now. It's possible that your clarinet is missing the ligature - the metal piece that holds the reed in place. I know mine is missing the cork from the mouthpiece, so air leaks out a bit when you play it. Since I'm not a serious (or very good, for that matter) clarinet player, I'm thinking about getting one of the cheaper mouthpiece kits they have at Long and McQuade - mouthpiece, ligature, and molded cap. I'd love to get a melodica, they're not that expensive, are they? |
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12-16-2011, 07:46 PM | #5 (permalink) | |
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My flute is also an old student model from the late 70s, and for $30 it could use a little work. A couple of the valves stick or don't move smoothly but that's just a matter of cleaning and possibly replacing a spring, but it also leaks a little so I'm not really sure how to address that (thinking blowtorch and pliers is a bad idea). Either way for a completely non-professional player with no intent of really doing anything besides annoying the apartment cat, it's pretty awesome hahahaha. |
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