Klarinet Archive - Posting 000277.txt from 1996/12

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: throat problems
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 10:24:47 -0500

Yossi,
Can you be more specific than "...could not play anymore"? What
does your throat do? etc. Help us out here. We're not mind readers (at
least I'm not).

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Tue, 10 Dec 1996, Yossi Itzkovich wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I played clarinet for about 10 years, and then I started to have problems
> with my throat while playing. After playing 10-20 min. I could not play
> any more. This problem is much less with playing saxophone.
>
> I went to many specialists : physicians, speech-therapists, singing
> teachers etc.
>
> Does anyone have this problem too? How to cure it ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Yossi.
>