Closing up shop After making about 10,000 clarinet reeds over three decades, Jack Howell stopped. The PSO’s principal bass clarinetist was as much of a fanatic as anybody. He would have French ...

They're here for ClarinetFest 2004, a five-day congregation of single-reed enthusiasts that continues through Sunday. It is the official conference of the International Clarinet Association (ICA ...

The clarinet is a musical instrument belonging to the woodwind family. It looks similar to an oboe, however it is a single-reed instrument, as opposed to the double-reed of an oboe, and has a very ...

The clarinet’s sound is produced by a single reed, held against the lip, and vibrated with the breath. Performers today keep their lower lip against the reed — but that is the opposite of how ...

He was very choosy about instruments and reeds; even though he'd played Selmer clarinets and advertised for them earlier in his career, he had a natural affinity for the Buffet." In 1990 ...

A Dixieland band player who didn’t clean his clarinet for 30 years is recovering from a year-long allergic reaction caused by fungus that grew inside the reed instrument, experts said.

He is currently principal clarinet of the Wyoming Symphony. He is a highly active chamber musician performing regularly with the Wyoming Reed Trio and Woodwind Quintet, The Wu-McGee Duo, and as a ...