Klarinet Archive - Posting 000392.txt from 1995/12

From: Pete Temko <ptemko@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: bleach/reeds
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 18:50:18 -0500

Now this is fun...

How do we deal with dead soldiers?

I tape them to my office door.. (this is actually more attractive than
one would think..) My students are challenged to describe exactly how
they met their fate.. most are in sad condition with very sad stories.
For instance.. my best reed that was split when a student knocked
spiritedly on my door as I was dipping the reed into a container of water
(the very best water.. free of bleach and so on).

We frequently have "services" for retired reeds.. beyond peroxide, even.

Man.. if one can't laugh about reeds, (sniffle)...

Great fun.. Thanks, List.

Regards..

Pete Temko
Prof. of Music
UT-Chattanooga
(ptemko@-----.edu)

On Thu, 14 Dec 1995, Neil Leupold wrote:

> Teri Herel wrote:
> >Ceremoniously drop them on the floor & squash them with your foot.
>
> Marcel Tabuteau (long-time principal oboe, Boston Symphony Orchestra),
> would do this to his students during lessons...
>
> Student: "I found a _really_ good reed today, Mr. Tabuteau!" the student
> would boast.
>
> Tabuteau: "Really? Let me see it for a moment."
>
> The student would naively hand it over, only to watch in utter horror as
> Tabuteau rammed the reed in one swift motion, tip first, into the nearest
> wall or music stand, thereby completely destroying it.
>
> Tabuteau: "Now put on one of your crappy reeds and make it sound as if it
> were a good one."
>
> I prefer Tabuteau's method of destroying reeds, but I'd hate to have a
> teacher do that to one of my good ones!
>
> Neil.
>

   
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