Klarinet Archive - Posting 000263.txt from 2000/06

From: "Emily S" <harvinet@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] New Student; was Re: [kl] mold
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 18:55:01 -0400

I've heard a horror story like this one, only worse. If you've got a weak
stomach, don't read on. This kid left her reed on but didn't play her
clarinet for two months or something like that, and then she tried to play
it again and couldn't get a sound. She removed the reed and found growing
in her reed...maggots. I just heard this story from someone...I don't know
if it's true but I hope it isn't!

>From: "Patricia Smith" <pattiesmith@-----.net>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: [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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