Klarinet Archive - Posting 000553.txt from 1998/09

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] real subject: breaking in my R-13
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 02:08:41 -0400

Hear, hear! If the wood is vibrating on altissimo notes, then there is
something *very* wrong with it.
Roger S.

On Tue, 15 Sep 1998 GTGallant@-----.com wrote:

> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 20:41:16 EDT
> From: GTGallant@-----.com
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] real subject: breaking in my R-13
>
> In a message dated 98-09-15 20:08:44 EDT, you write:
>
> << has to be broken in correctly - tuning in mind. The wood has
> to get use to vibrating and making sound. Playing altissimo from the
> beginning is NOT how to do this. >>
>
> This is the stupidest frickin' thing (ala Shouryu) I have ever heard. This
> was what I was referring to when I responded the first time. Dead wood - or
> anything non-living thing for that matter - doesn't get used to anything. It
> is impossible to teach a dead dog new tricks! Anyway, I think wood, alive or
> dead, does not know the difference between a C or a Bb. Your teacher may be
> a little crazy.
>
> P.S. - Sorry to offend the "young people" with my harsh, unholy language.
> Maybe we should have an adult verification service on this dirty list!!!!!!!
> :)
>
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