Klarinet Archive - Posting 000106.txt from 1998/03

From: Edinger/Gilman <wde1@-----.com>
Subj: greasing corks
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 20:55:58 -0500

Jack Kissinger wrote:

"Speaking of cork grease, I never have any trouble greasing my clarinet
>except for the corks under the two keys that I play with my left-hand
>index finger. They always give me a devil of a time. How do the rest
>of you keep grease on these corks? Is there a special tool I need to
>get?
>
>Just wondering,
>
>Jack Kissinger
>St. Louis"

You are wicked. You know darn well at least half the people who read
that took it seriously, at least for the first fifteen minutes.

I only took it seriously for five minutes. Hah!

Bill Edinger
(I hope you pronounce your name correctly too: kissing-er, right?)