Klarinet Archive - Posting 000390.txt from 1998/11

From: musicgirl82@-----.com (Ginger Hill)
Subj: [kl] RE: Clarinet playing and high blood pressure
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 08:26:59 -0500

Really? That sounds neat. Maybe my dad should start playing the clarinet
more. On another note, I think that playing the trumpet actually
HEIGHTENS blood pressure. Ever watch them play? Some trumpeters I've seen
turn beet red!!

~Ginger
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>Some of my musician friends are nurses. Just for laughs, during a
rehearsal
>last year one of them took my blood pressure while I was playing
clarinet--not
>exactly while I was playing but during a brief pause from playing. My
pressure
>was lower than before we began playing. To be scientifically accurate,
of
>course, this little experiment would have to be repeated many times.
>
>Cindy
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