Klarinet Archive - Posting 000680.txt from 1997/10

From: JBA7321@-----.EDU
Subj: Re: sore lip
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 01:13:53 -0400

Hello,

I am a freshman in college and have been playing clarinet for 9
years, and have your same lower lip trouble, but not since I started
using EZO pads. They are denture pads that can be purchased at any
store. Make sure to buy the ones in the pink box. It is something
like the lower, heavy pads. Once you get them, you just cut off a
piece large enough to cover you two middle lower teeth and bend the
pad around your teeth. After a few minutes, it will form to your
teeth, and it won't feel like it is going two fall out.
As for the sore thumb, I really don't know. You might want to get
some medical tubing and put it on the thumb rest. I did this years
ago and haven't had trouble with my thumb since.

Hope this has helped,

J. Blake Arrington
The only way to be virtuous is to be knowledgeable