Klarinet Archive - Posting 000704.txt from 1996/02

From: niethamer@-----.BITNET
Subj: Re: Recent messages from Clark Fobes & David Niethamer
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 21:47:20 -0500

On Fri, 23 Feb 1996, Roger Shilcock wrote:

> Re playing temperature - I think David N. is pretty darn lucky to be able
> to play in temperatures as high as the mid-70s Fahrenheit. Our orch. often
> finds
> itself rehearsing with freezing feet and in ambient temperatures probably
> somewhere in the fifties.

That's why we have a union! Otherwise they'd be happy to let us crack our
clarinets playing in the cold. We do have a draft in winter that nicely
chills the clarinet not in use to about the temperature suitable for a
fine cabernet - blows right across the back ww row. Alas, cabernet is
forbidden on stage during concerts :-(

David Niethamer