Klarinet Archive - Posting 001128.txt from 1997/09

From: "Nichelle A. Crocker" <crockena@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: My first clarinet...names
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 01:48:52 -0400

I thought you were supposed to smash a champagne bottle against it...

At 05:26 PM 9/24/97 -0500, Gary Young wrote:
>Re christening clarinets:
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>There are some difficult choices here. Do you baptize by immersion? Or
>just sprinkle? (And if you baptize by immersion, what if the clarinet
>doesn't float?) What is the appropriate garment for the clarinet to wear
>to the christening? Is a swab sufficient, or is it too revealing? If the
>clarinet seems distressed, is it permissible to put a reed and ligature in
>its mouth to pacify it? Who should you invite to the service? Will people
>who don't play clarinet understand the importance of such a ceremony? Will
>people who do? May you invite only other clarinets, or must you also
>invite their persons? Is it ever appropriate to invite an oboe? In your
>announcement in the press, do you just give the instrument's name, or do
>you also indicate that it is a clarinet?
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>Hoping you can help me.
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>> Do you think it is wrong to change the name of an instrument... I
>>didn't christen it yet....
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Nichelle Crocker
crockena@-----.edu