Klarinet Archive - Posting 000249.txt from 1996/10

From: Steve Prescott <mipresc@-----.EDU>
Subj: reed water (was bass doubling)
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 11:54:02 -0400

Jacqueline wrote:

>>I'm just curious now... how many people out there use reed water? I have
>>done so for MANY years and couldn't do without it! The reed soaks so
>>much more evenly than sticking it in your (germ-filled) mouth and sucking
>>on it! I also think that it's somewhat cleaner!
>>
>>Jacqueline

Scott of The School of Hygiene and Public Health wrote:

>Don't we PLAY the instrument with the reed in our germ-filled mouths?!!
>What's your secret??!!!
>

Now, what I think Jacqueline is getting at is that the reed soaks the water
into the pores initially rather than saliva. Is this not more Hygienic?

Steve.

Steve Prescott
Instrument Rep.Tech./ Clarinetist
Indiana State University
mipresc@-----.edu

   
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