Klarinet Archive - Posting 000757.txt from 2001/11

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Interesting facts (?)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 04:14:58 -0500

Tubes of grease get into such *embarrassing* places, I find.
Roger S.

In message <AGEHJHKIJDMJGKLGEMJMAELGCFAA.kkrelove@-----.org writes:
> I guess "down in the trenches" - elementary instrumental music, where I
> work - we get a different perspective. I have learned to check the inside of
> a sax _bell_ BEFORE I check any of the other things you mentioned. I once
> found a toy car in there (a red Mustang, if I remember it correctly).
> Another time I found a student's lost mouthpiece cap wedged into the curve
> of the bell so tightly I thought I might have to send it to a shop to get it
> out.
>
> Karl Krelove
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel Paprocki [mailto:Daniel.Paprocki@-----.edu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:28 PM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: Re: [kl] Interesting facts (?)
> >
> >
> > David,
> > I once had a student in woodwind methods who couldn't get a sound from
> > his alto sax one class. I did the standard checking for leaks, reed
> > position, embouchure, etc. I was stumped UNTIL I took the neck
> > of the horn
> > and found a stick swab in the body of the sax!!! I always think I've seen
> > all problems but there's always a new one around the corner.
> >
> > Dan
> > --
> > Dr. Daniel A. Paprocki
> > Professor of Clarinet and Saxophone
> > Western Kentucky University
> > Bowling Green, KY
> >
> >
> >
> > on 11/27/01 10:00 AM, David McClune at dmcclune@-----.edu wrote:
> >
> > > I just finished grading the recent clarinet test from my
> > college woodwind
> > > methods test. You will be nterested to know that Klose was a French
> > > clarinetist who invented the Bohemian clarinet and that swabing
> > the clarinet
> > > will prevent erosion.
> > >
> > > Hmmm...
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > Dr. David McClune
> > > Professor of Woodwinds
> > > Director of Bands
> > > Union University-1862
> > > 1050 Union University Drive
> > > Jackson, TN 38305
> > >
> > > Office-731-661-5294
> > >
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