Klarinet Archive - Posting 000340.txt from 1997/11
From: Edinger/Gilman <wde1@-----.com> Subj: checking for leaks the smelly way Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 18:12:10 -0500
On Thu, 6 Nov 1997 Jrykorten@-----.com wrote:
"Of course Frank Kaspar used to take a big drag off a cigarrette and
blow into my horn with his hand over the opposite end in order to check
for leaks when I was in Junior High School. (Made my clarinet smell kind
of... different.)"
You think that was bad? My Jr. High band director used a CIGAR to do
the same thing, right in his office (it was the '60s - a little less
rigid than today about teachers "lighting up" in school, I guess). I
felt like I was _playing_ a cigar. Worked like a charm, though, for
checking leaks. And I sure loved that band director, so it was worth it
- the smell went away in a couple of days.
Bill E.
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