Klarinet Archive - Posting 000421.txt from 1995/12

From: Margaret Cheatham <CHEATHMA@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: bleach/reeds ---What to do with dead reeds
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 12:59:03 -0500

>When I was in college I used to ceremoniously slowly cram the reed between
>the glass window and the frame of the practice room door. You could just
>hear and feel the cane smashing.
>
>Another good use for bad reeds is to save a few until you are in a really
>foul mood and then smash them against a cinderblock wall. This is good as a
>group activity.
>
>We would get quite a few fellow players together and make a *sacrifice* to
>the reed gods before juries.
>
>Another friend would make hanging sculptures in his dorm room.
>
>You don't think that we had any stress in college do you????
>: ) : )
>
>Anne
>AMVACCA@-----.com
>
I also take great pleasure in torturing my dead reeds. In addition, I make
sure to line the good ones up and make them watch--they tend to play with a
little more enthusiasm after that... :-)

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Margaret Cheatham
Raymond Walters College/UC
Margaret.Cheatham@-----.edu