Klarinet Archive - Posting 000143.txt from 1994/02

From: "Jay Heiser, Product Manager, Govt Systems" <jayh@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: first Clarinet question
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 22:21:03 -0500

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-->From: "Michael B. Favreau" <MFAVREA1%ITHACA.BITNET@-----.EDU>
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-->Scott,
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--> I use a mouthpiece patch and I like it very much. It protects
-->my mouthpice so I don't nick it or scratch the top and it also helps me
-->avoid that unpleasant rattling feeling you get when your teeth are in
-->direct contact with the mouthpiece. On saxophone they are a must.
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-->Michael B. Favreau
-->Ithaca College
Do you buy these or make them yourself? My teacher used to cut
them out of rubber gloves. I don't know where to find the black
gloves he used to use.

I liked them at the time, but got out of the habit of using them
since the double-sided sticky tape required some maintenance.

I also used to use electrician tape over my lower teeth sometimes.
This was a trick I picked up at the All Ohio State Fair Band.
You goof off all summer and then begin a regime of 10 hours a day
practice and then 5 performances a day, your lip appreciates the
extra padding.
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