Klarinet Archive - Posting 000171.txt from 1996/10

From: "Daniel A. Paprocki" <dap@-----.us>
Subj: Re: bass doubling
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:28:50 -0400

Peter,
When I'm doing bass and Bb in summer concerts, I put a small piece
of wet sponge in the tip of my bass (and Bb) mouthpiece cap. I try and
position the sponge so that it's resting on the top of the mouthpiece and
the reed doesn't ram into it when I put the cap on. This really works for
me. It's just enough moisture to keep the reed in playing condition when
it's sitting for a long time.

Dan

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Daniel A. Paprocki
Instructor of Clarinet
Malone College
dap@-----.us

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