Klarinet Archive - Posting 000228.txt from 2000/06

From: "Patricia Smith" <pattiesmith@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] New Student; was Re: [kl] mold
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 01:08:20 -0400

I wasn't going to weigh in on this thread, but I got a new student today,
and the mold on the reed and the slime in the mouthpiece was so disgusting I
thought I would hurl. He said he is sick a lot and that his mother kept
telling him the mold would make him sick. I was so livid that I actually
cleaned the mouthpiece myself. Thank G-d for antibacterial soap. And this
is only the start. Poor tone production, no support, I don't think this kid
even knows where his diaphragm IS!!!!! And his ligature was screwed on so
tight I almost couldn't get it off, and it was on the mouthpiece touching
the barrel.
And tonguing was slab at best....He couldn't keep a consistent rhythm - said
he couldn't play along with other people and I thought I was bad when I
started out....Waah! Fortunately he owns a metronome. Oh, and he has
been playing for almost two years. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Thanks for letting me rant and rave. Only you guys would understand.

Patty Smith
...who thinks reeds should not be every color of the rainbow

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