Klarinet Archive - Posting 000041.txt from 1996/12

From: Jeff Berman <jberman@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Snoring Operation- Woodwind Sound-Throat shape
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 15:00:35 -0500

At 02:38 PM 12/2/96 +0000, you wrote:
>Has anyone out there had the Uvula operation to reduce snoring, and if so, did
>it affect the sound on your instrument? As an individual's tone is essentially

I would think that this operation would be completely contraindicated in a
wind instrument player. Frequently it results in liquid food regurgitating
into the nose with swallowing-- who knows what effects it would have on the
tight seal that is required to develop a pressure to blow into the
instrument, never mind the effects on the chamber of the mouth and pharynx!?

Jeff Berman