Klarinet Archive - Posting 000992.txt from 1998/09

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] playing in the rain :(
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 04:50:13 -0400

Yes, it is worth doing. If you use the instrument, it is worth it to care
for it properly. Just don't get expensive stuff like key polishing and
blue steel springs. They're not worth it. If you believe you will be
playing in the wet, why not get all neoprene (or rubber, anyway) pads?
They're not
particularly expensive and last forever. And since tone and response
aren't really an issue with marching band, I recommend you check into that
option.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Ben Stutzman wrote:

> Just this afternoon our HS marching band put on a show for the middle
> school. Outside it was already soaking wet, but we played anyway
> because it wasn't raining. At the moment. In the middle of our show it
> started pouring. We kept playing.
>
> Tonight when we tried to warm-up for the football game, a number of
> woodwinds noticed they couldn't play. Doh! Fortunately, I wan't one of
> them. As soon as I started playing, though, I noticed my fairly
> free-blowing clarinet played harder. But it is not ruined. It is
> highly likely this will happen again later. Is there anything you can
> do after you play to revive your pads? My Bundy is NOT worth fixing.
> How hard is it to replace pads yourself? A lot of other things are
> wrong with it. Is it worth overhauling a bottom-of-the-barrel Bundy?
> (no alliteration intended) I also will use it in concert band when I
> don't take my R13 to school.
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