Klarinet Archive - Posting 000114.txt from 2000/03

From: "Aimee E. Kratofil" <kratofil@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] kl] Falling in love
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 07:33:44 -0500

Lelia wrote:

> I wonder if the clarinet particularly appeals to
> people with the instinct to tinker, while people who don't enjoy tinkering
> might more likely gravitate to, say, the trombone?
>

Believe it or not, there is always an exception. I went to college with a trombone player that invented a better
rotor/thumb thing for an F attachment. He also tinkered with motorcycles and went into instrument repair! Maybe he
should have played the clarinet?? :)

This discussion has been interesting. I'm a tinkerer, too. My students think I'm crazy. I have plans for a "finger
fence", someone beat me to the crutch (Koiman, or something similar, thumb rest)....I like to invent my own toys!

Aimee Kratofil
Greensburg, PA

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