Klarinet Archive - Posting 000393.txt from 1997/07

From: fsheim@-----.com (Fred)
Subj: Re: Mutant freak clarinet players...
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 15:23:33 -0400

>In a message dated 97-07-14 12:46:01 EDT, Jacqueline write:
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> To be totally honest, I feel that any young person who is really and truly
> serious about playing a wind instrument would not want to do this to
> himself. I find that I have difficulty taking some of these kids
> seriously, because they seem more interested in being a mutant freak than
> in being a clarinet player.
>
> Score one for the YOUNG fogeys!
>
> Jacqueline Eastwood
> University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
> eastwooj@-----.edu
> >>
>Now now you are sounding suspiciously like a mom! I had long hair, headband
>and baggy pants with tie died shirts when I went in to Dr. Stubbins studio in
>1973. I played well for my age in spite of my freakish appearance! And he
>continued to teach me.
>
>And the only thing Dr. S. complained about was having to make sure I was
>dressed when I left my lesson (kept leaving a glove, a sweater ...).
>
>A hole in the tongue will repair itself too.
>
>Jerry Korten
>NYC
>

Wow- I don't agree with this at all- we are not talking about contemporary
styles in hairdos or dress, we are talking about mutilating a very sensitive
body part, and one crucial to the playing of our instrument! Hairdos and
dress do not damage the body, piercing flesh does. And I'm not convinced
that if the hole does heal, that there would not be scar bump or loss of
sensation in the area.

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)
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