Klarinet Archive - Posting 000272.txt from 1996/07

From: Daniel Abramovich <dabramov@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Dangerous Instruments (formerly "Help in Research please")
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 03:11:42 -0400

As if we clarinet players have much to talk about in that respect... ;)

The shreik of a clarinet "squeak" can be devestating...

On a tangent.. this reminds me; for those who have seen "Mr Holland's
Opus" did eeeveryone notice in the touching scene where Holland "get
through" to the clarinet player girl, when she squeaks in the beginning
of the scene that she basically inhaled the mouthpiece, and that also
when she picked her clarinet up after leaving it overnight she never wet
her reed? Of course she squeaked.. :) (Incidentally I saw the movie with
a large portion of our Wind Ensemble.. I think we had a bit of a
different perspective on the movie than the rest of the audience. I was
hhighly amused on how many people, even brass players, picked up on stuff
like that..).

On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Richard Lahrson wrote:

> Also a dangerous instrument to others ears to hear when someone is
> learning is the violin.
>
> On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Marie McDonough wrote:
>
> > Should we also consider instruments whose playing by beginners is dangerous
to
> > others? I think the oboe might be at or near the top of such a list!
> >
> > Marie
> >
>

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