Klarinet Archive - Posting 000330.txt from 1999/09

From: john d langridge <kb5njd@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] More Stuffiness
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 19:33:57 -0400

>On Sun, 12 Sep 1999 11:17:58 EDT, PSHIROM@-----.com wrote:
>You could also take the lower joint off, place the bottom end on the
palm of
>your hand and blow through the top, while fingering a low E. Same
concept,
>just less room for error. If you hear air escaping, move your free hand

>around the clarinet until you feel where the are is coming out.

I ran into anatomical trouble with this. When I have the palm of one
hand
against the bottom of the lower joint, and the other hand fingering a low
E, I
have as yet been unable to locate a "free hand" to feel for air.>

One way that i have done in the past is to take the lower joint and bell
and press the bell into my leg or thigh. Blowing through the top end and
fingering with the right hand allows the left hand to search for leaks..

John Langridge

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