Klarinet Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 2000/11

From: MVinquist@-----.com
Subj: [kl]: excessive moisture
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 08:25:06 -0500

David Glenn writes:

>I had a lovely gurgle. In the few bars' rest which followed the intro before
the theme I yanked out my swab/pull through and cleaned out the horn. The
conductor nearly had a heart attack but I made it just in time for my next
entry. The cleaning action found its way into the review in the paper.<

I don't remember the source, but I have read that when Hermstedt (for whom
Spohr wrote his concertos) came out on stage, he wore a large coat with many
pockets but did not carry his clarinet. As the orchestral introduction
began, he reached into the pockets, pulled out the various joints and put
them together. As his entrance approached, he would slap a reed on the
mouthpiece, tie it on with string in a blur of motion and snap it up to his
lips just in time for the first note.

Imagine if someone tried that today.

Ken Shaw

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