Klarinet Archive - Posting 001444.txt from 1999/01

From: David Renaud <studiorenaud@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] How to pad along for a bit
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:56:37 -0500

Burch or Susan Johnson wrote:

> I was a high school sophmore....more years ago than I care to admit...just
> before a concert, one of the freshmen said: " !!!... My pad just fell off my
> clarinet!"

> Necessity is great inventor.

One day in the pit, Bass Clarinet quit working, as I looked
down with horror I realized a pad had fallen out and I'd just kicked
it into a crack in the pit floor, condemning it to the bowels of the
earth forever. To make things worst the one bass clarinet solo
in the show was in 20 seconds.
Looking around the stage floor, I got lucky.
Ripping a piece of the oboe player bag of reed stuff--plastic bag--
,& finding tissue paper on the floor. It took about 15 seconds
to wrap the tissue in plastic, shove it under the pad cup,
and secure with a rubber band.
Time for one big breath, a short prayer, & It worked.

I'm now never without an emergency kit!!!
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Dave Renaud

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