Klarinet Archive - Posting 000584.txt from 2001/04

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Teeth & the Clarinet
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:07:34 -0400

>> I have been wondering as I age, can the clarinet be played with false
>> teeth, or no teeth? Or is it just the end when the teeth give out?
>
on 4/24/01 2:45 PM, Neil Leupold wrote:

>A great many people who have dentures play the clarinet very
>successfully. No obstacle there.

Joe Allard played for a long time with a full upper plate, and played
pretty well too. He modified his thumb rest to allow him to pull the
clarinet back onto his lower jaw, since he couldn't put any pressure at
all on that upper plate.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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