Klarinet Archive - Posting 000218.txt from 1996/07

From: John Roman <JohnARoman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Benny, lips, and my prank
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 17:39:58 -0400

Bill Fogle wrote:
<<I am a double-lip player. I've never read discussion in this forum
about it. It's great for keeping mouthpieces pristine. It requires
four months of scar tissue development (how attractive!) Sometimes
I'd like to go back to single lip, but I think my embouchure genes
won't let me. >>

Hey Bill! If you're gonna go through all that pain anyway, why not make a
complete change in style and put the reed on top. I understand that went
out of vogue centuries ago. Thank God for evolution...