Klarinet Archive - Posting 001030.txt from 1998/07

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] MAHLER WAS A BIG CONDUCTOR ALSO!
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 12:37:10 -0400

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From: Maestro645@-----.com>
Date: Friday, July 24, 1998 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] MAHLER WAS A BIG CONDUCTOR ALSO!

>In a message dated 7/24/98 8:08:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
dodgshun@-----.nz
>writes:
>
><< No, musician's ones which cut out volume, but you can still hear
everything
> clearly. Most of our percussionists use them. >>
>
>Those sound (pun intended) like a godsend. Yet, I have never seen them
>around. Our music stores don't carry them, and the Woodwind and the
Brasswind
>doesn't stock them. Where could a person get these?
>Chris Hoffman
A couple of years ago I played a July 4th concert with real cannon (not the
Pachelbel kind) firing right next to the band(orchestra)stand. The orchestra
actually supplied the earplugs. I don't know if they're the same kind Mary
was talking about, but they're made by a company called Cabot Safety
Corporation (I have a leftover pair still in my clarinet case). From the
looks of the packaging, I'd guess you might try a medical supply place. It
was pretty tricky, though, hearing all the passagework around me during the
battle section. I wouldn't say I could hear clearly with these, but they
made the artillery fire very bearable, not to mention the trumpets who were
much closer.

Karl Krelove

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