Klarinet Archive - Posting 000227.txt from 1994/02

From: "Jay Heiser, Product Manager, Govt Systems" <jayh@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: performance question...(lip brace)
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 10:23:17 -0500

I had given up on ever finding ungummed cigarrette paper.
Then I got a job with a firm headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA.
For those who've never been there, its sort of a bohemian throwback
to the late 1960s. Lots of unwashed kids hanging around smoking
and playing the guitar.

I had an inexplicable urge to purchase I lava lamp, so I went
into one of the head shops offering them in a choice of colors.
Noticing the wide selection of drug paraphanalia, I suddenly
had a burst of inspiration and realized that my 2 decade long
search for ungummed cigarette paper might have come to an end.

"Do you have ungummed cigarette paper?"

"Sure, Dude, we got 3 kinds!"

"What's cheapest?"

"Well, we've got this Dr soandso. Its imported from Italy.
It has no additives or bleach, dude, you'll really like it."

Now, think for a moment what most people are going to do with
this stuff. What can they possibly put in it, light, and
inhale that will do less damage than a bit of bleach in the
paper?? Santa Cruzians have no perspective.

I didn't offer that I was actually going to use it on some
troublesome clarinet & piccolo pads and just bought a few packs
and left.

-->From sco.sco.com!vtbit.cc.vt.edu!vccscent.bitnet!klarinet Thu Feb 17 04:36:15
1994
-->Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 09:30:27 +0000
-->Reply-To: Klarinet - Clarinettist's Network
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-->Sender: Klarinet - Clarinettist's Network
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-->From: Niall O'Byrne <niallob@-----.COM>
-->Organization: Motorola B.V. Dublin, IRELAND
-->Subject: Re: performance question...(lip brace)
-->Comments: To: Klarinet - Clarinettist's Network
--> <KLARINET%VCCSCENT.BITNET@-----.EDU>
-->To: Multiple recipients of list KLARINET
<KLARINET%VCCSCENT.BITNET@-----.EDU>
-->In-Reply-To: "Jay Heiser, Product Manager,
--> Govt Systems" <jayh@-----.(lip
brace)"
--> (Feb 16, 16:39)
-->Message-ID: <9402170144.aa15753@-----.COM>
-->
-->On Feb 16, 16:39, "Jay Heiser, Product Manager, Govt Systems" wrote:
-->> Subject: performance question...(lip brace)
-->> Try electric tape. Use vinyl or plastic.
-->>
-->> Cut about 1.5" and fold it in half so it sticks to itself.
-->> Then fold it in half over your lower teeth. You can experiment
-->> with multiple folds if that isn't thick enough.
-->>
-->> This not only reduces teeth abrasion on the lower lip, but
-->> seems to support the lip muscled, kinda like a knee brace does
-->> for a basketball player. Its a nice feeling to get a bit of
-->> suppport when your chops are shot.
-->>
-->> I learned this trick playing in the All Ohio State Fair Band
-->> when I was in high school. 8+ hours of rehearsal a day after
-->> goofing off all summer. All the single reeds were using these
-->> things after a day or two.
-->>
-->> -->From sco.sco.com!vtbit.cc.vt.edu!vccscent.bitnet!klarinet Wed Feb 16
-->
-->or you could try cigarette papers, preferably Rizla red. Use a similar
-->technique to the tape method. I usually use two papers folded down the
-->middle and folded over again.
-->
-->Advantages: cheap, molds to teeth as soon as its wet, non=toxic if swallowed,
--> papers can be used to dry wet pads hence most oboe players have
--> a pack.
-->
-->Disadvantages: The cops might ask funny questions so use regular size
--> in preference to king size :)
-->
-->
-->Niall
-->
-->
-->
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