Klarinet Archive - Posting 000164.txt from 1997/01

From: Stephen Cole <wc10@-----.com>
Subj: Re: New guy on the block!
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:51:51 -0500

Scott D. Morrow wrote:
>
> >It was written:
> >
> >-->If there is anyone else in the same boat, I'd
> >-->like to swap stories and experiences. If there is anyone else who can
> >-->remember back as far as their first lesson, and has words of
> >-->encouragement and advice, I'd more than welcome it.
> >
> ...
> >here I can say (confidently!) that those do help, but it's that love of the *
> >sound* that makes you learn and causes you to grow and strengthen. Good luck
> >and best wishes! ------Bill Fogle.
>
> When I decided to learn the clarinet when I was in 4th grade, I'd
> never even SEEN one! I chose it because we'd had a record in the third
> grade that featured different instruments, and I loved the sound of the
> clarinet! It wasn't until my first lesson that I actually saw a clarinet,
> and we spent most of the first lesson just learning how to put it together
> and take it apart!
> Good luck! It's worth it!
>
> -Scott
>
> Scott D. Morrow
> Department of Biochemistry
> School of Hygiene and Public Health
> Johns Hopkins University
> (410)-955-3631
>
> SDM@-----.edu

Thanks for the encouragement and words of advice. I have have had so many
replies to my first posting. This is going to be fun!

Steve