Klarinet Archive - Posting 000996.txt from 1999/01

From: Martin Pergler <pergler@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] leaving equipment on stand
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 16:11:46 -0500

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 CmdrHerel@-----.com wrote:

> I feel this is a bad habit to perpetuate. How long does it really take to put
> together a clarinet? Two minutes tops? When it's in the case it can't get
> knocked over, it doesn't get banged, nobody else is tempted to pick it up,
> etc. What happens when kiddie graduates to a wood clarinet? Do they practice
> less because now they have to keep it in the case? Having to keep a clarinet
> put together and on a peg in order to practice is just plain sloth. I would
> not tolerate this with my students.

Hmm. I don't presently leave my clarinet assembled because I'm
afraid to do so. I do leave some of my recorders assembled. I play
recorder at least 4 or 5 times a day for about 5 minutes as a break
from whatever else I'm doing, and end up maintaining and improving
my skill level on recorder without conscious effort. In contrast, I
have to schedule time for practicing clarinet.

I'm actually sorely tempted right now to try leaving out my clarinet
with a Legere plastic reed on it (doesn't need soaking). If I do
always take it apart before going to bed, carefully wiping from
dust, and greasing the corks, and the location is secure (no pets,
protected from falling objects), is there really such a risk? My
life has turned a lot busier since Christmas, and I find that in my
scheduled practicing time I barely get through a most basic of
warmups and practicing pieces for upcoming performances, without
time for "developmental" playing. It's bugging me.

Martin

--
Martin Pergler pergler@-----.edu
Grad student, Mathematics http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~pergler
Univ. of Chicago

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