Klarinet Archive - Posting 000117.txt from 2000/11

From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.us>
Subj: RE: [kl]: excessive moisture
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 13:51:09 -0500

Maybe Allessandro can stick Hermstedt's display in his routine with the
clarinet at the next ClarinetFest.

Nancy

Nancy E. Buckman, Technical Assistant
School of Health Professions, Wellness and Physical Education
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, Maryland 21012 USA
nebuckman@-----.us

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 8:19 AM
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> Subject: [kl]: excessive moisture
>
> 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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