Klarinet Archive - Posting 000199.txt from 1996/10
From: "Sydney R. Polk" <jazzman@-----.NET> Subj: Re: bass doubling Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 18:23:08 -0400
I play in pit orchestras a lot, frequently doubling on a couple of
clarients and/or saxes. The key I have found is to have a mouthpiece
cover that really seals and then keep it on wehn the instrument is
not being played. If it still dries out (ie, it sits there for twenty
minutes, like my bass clarinet in the first half of 42nd Street),
I take the reed off when I get a break, and rewet it, and put it back on.
If you don't have time for that much, there is really not that much you
can do other than leaving the entire mouthpiece-reed assembly soaking
and slapping it on the horn. Of course, this tens to waterlog
my reeds, so I don't recommend it.
Syd Polk, master of the two-bar horn change.
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