Klarinet Archive - Posting 000722.txt from 1996/10

From: "Nichelle A. Crocker" <crockena@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Help needed re: teeth cushions
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 17:20:36 -0500

I'm not sure what Rizzla paper is, but I know that Charles Bay makes a kind
of plastic cushion which molds to the shape of your bottom teeth and which
can be reused many times. It sounds similar to what you describe. It is
called Bay Lip Ease, and sells in the Woodwind/Brasswind catalog for $4.60
for a strip of the stuff. Many people use florist's tape, a kind of waxy
paper stuff which comes in a roll and which you double up as many times as
you need. It is very inexpensive, comes in white as well as green, and I bet
you could get some from a florist in Britain.

Nichelle Crocker
crockena@-----.edu

>My daughter was once given some strips of plastic type paper which she
>had to fold and cut to size. This was then placed over her front teeth at
>the bottom - much like you place a folded Rizzla paper. She found that
>this saved her lip from getting sore when she played for too long.
>Unfortunately we don't know what they were called or where you get them
>from - the only thing we do know is that the person who gave them to her
>said they were from America and you can't get them in Britain.
>Gemma regularly goes on courses when she plays 9 - 10 hours a day
>and she attends a specialist music school where she practices 3 - 4 hours
>a day so you can imagine the amount of Rizzla papers she gets through - they
>go soggy so quickly - an they don't give AS much protection as the plastic
>cushions. Please could somebody out there tell us what they are called and
>where we might be able to get them from that might agree to send them to
>Wales.
>
>Thanks ALL for a wonderful list.
>
>
>Happy Blowing
>
>Linda Brady
>bradybunch@-----.net
>WALES UK