Klarinet Archive - Posting 000564.txt from 1996/10

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Clarinet and Sinuses
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 18:13:15 -0400

I can just about top this one...

How about, while playing the Copland Concerto, you get to the cadenza
part, and all of a sudden your nose starts to run AND THEN you lose
control of your saliva and it threatens to drool out the corners of your
mouthpiece! And since it's YOUR recital, people are generally watching
YOU! What I had to do was play a phrase of the cadenza, then sniff, play
another phrase, then slurp the spit, etc. I managed to survive and only
a couple of chirps got out!!

Such fond memories! But they do stay with you!!

Jacqueline

On Wed, 16 Oct 1996,
Jenny M. Cornell wrote:

> I just have to add my story about taking Sudafed right before a
> perfomance. In the ninth grade my sinuses were blocked up and I couldn't
> play the clarinet as well for our last performance of the school year.
> Being first chair at the time I decided to take some Sudafed right before
> the concert was to start. One piece of music that we
> played was called Bombasto. It is a fairly short piece of music, but not
> really any long measures of rests. About half way through the piece the
> Sudafed kicked in. Snot started to come out. I didn't know what to do.
> I was sitting on the end of a row for the whole world to see me. I had to
> do something soon because the snot was about to touch my mouthpiece. Right
> when I needed to take a breath I also decided to wipe my nose with my band
> uniform sleeve. I don't know how many people actually saw me, but I will
> never take Sudafed right before another performance again.
> jenny
> | | "Ah, you cannont imagine the sound of
> | Computer Systems Engineer | a symphony without the clarinets..."
> | University of Arkansas | W. A. Mozart
> | |
> My homepage on the engr account (not this one!):
> http://www.engr.uark.edu/~jmc1/
>
> On Sun, 6 Oct 1996, Sherri Hill wrote:
>
> > On 3 Oct 96 at 21:39, Terri Kimiko Oda wrote :
> >
> > > Anyways, I was just finding it extremely difficult to play when my nose go
t
> > > all blocked up, and it only seemed to be blocked up when I tried to play.
> > > Has anyone found this, and could anyone give a clue as to why a blocked no
se
> > > would make it harder to play? My guess is that having my nose stuffed up
wa
> s
> > > just distracting me. :)
> >
> > I just take a Sudafed before I have a performance. When my nose is stuffy I
> > worry about 'things ' leaking, you know. A bit gross but I hate the thought
of
> > dripping while I play. :-)
> >
> > I think it's harder to play because you can't hear yourself as well, for som
e
> > reason. I also think, although you breath through your mouth, some of the ai
r
> > must come through your nose.
> >
> > Anyway that's why I take the antihistamine. I don't want to worry about this
.
> > But I know some people don't like to take medication.
> >
> > ===========================================================
> > -Sherri (Sheba@-----.net)
> > This is the sig for October 6, 1996; Day 280 of 366
> > I'll get you Dorothy. . . and your little dog, too!
> > - Wicked Witch of the West
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > O'Brien, beam a large pepperoni pizza to these coordinates.
> > Mommy, why does that moon have a crack?
> > REALITY.SYS Corrupted: Re-boot universe? (Y/N/Q)
> > ===========================================================
> >
>