Klarinet Archive - Posting 000204.txt from 1997/10

From: "C Henderson" <chenderson@-----.au>
Subj: Re: Buffet Assembly et al
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 13:54:45 -0400

Bill wrote:
> Incidentally, doesn't anyone else support the clarinet vertically with =
the
> bell section on their knee while putting on the barrel joint and mouthp=
iece?
>
While I've seen it done, I don't teach that, because most of my pupils =
are 8 or 9 years old, and I find that they tend to just push the barrel =
and mouthpiece on without twisting as they do so (possibly because by the=
time they've got the instrument resting on their knee, the top is much =
higher than is a comfortable reach for them), and 1) put extra stress on =
the cork, and 2) use cork grease less often than necessary because they =
can't feel the level of greasing as well as when they twist it on. Just =
my observation, FWIW.

Clare
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Clare Pascoe Henderson
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