Klarinet Archive - Posting 000291.txt from 1995/07

From: Gary Bisaga <gary@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: Lame Subject (Cork Grease)
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 08:46:53 -0400

>Did you know you could shove an empty toilet paper roll into your bell and
>get a low E-flat? (Taught to me by my eighth grade band director.) :-) :-)
>-chad smith

No, but my brother taught me how to get low A and A-flat on the tenor
sax by choking off the bell with your leg. Doesn't work for altos
unless you're short, or curved sopranos unless you're VERY short. :)
And can you use the toilet paper roll to get a better-sounding 3rd
line Bb?

Gary