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Klarinet Archive - Posting 000034.txt from 1999/09
From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Backsliding Student
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 23:06:57 -0400
At 08:29 PM 9/1/1999 +0300, Rachael Orbach
wrote:
>I have a student who started clarinet 7 months ago. At first she was
>progressing nicely, but then two weeks ago, she dropped her clarinet,
>and the keys had to be bent back into shape. Since she got her clarinet
>back last week, all of a sudden she can't go over the break, something
>she has done well in the past.
>
>She is quite upset about this, and at the last lesson, she realized that
>she has not progressed as well as she should be. One of the problems is
>that she started school again, ( they start early in Israel) and with
>all the homework she can't eek out a half hour a day to practice. I
>told her that even 10 minutes twice a day is ok. I' ve gone back to
>exersizes to go over the break again, but rewrote them a little
>differently so she doesn't feel like she's playing the same thing that
>someone who is playing only for 2 months can play.
>
>One problem with her clarinet, a Signet wooden, brand new, is that the
>corks are too tight, that it takes real strength to put together the
>clarinet. Cork grease helps, but not much. This takes her the time is
>to set up and put away that she really needs to practice.
>
It is very likely that the instrument is still out of adjustment, all the
more so because of the tight tenon joints. All that squeezing and grunting
to assemble the horn puts great strain on the keys. Take the instrument to
a qualified repair tech, or make the first tech finish the job right. If
it is brand new, it should be covered by warrantee. The corks can be
sanded if that is the problem. Sometimes the wood itself is binding, not
just the corks, and I would leave adjusting that to a professional. It
takes very little leakage to mess up the first notes in the clarion
register. Rather than allowing misadjustment to frustrate and discourage
your student, have the clarinet properly repaired.
Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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