Klarinet Archive - Posting 000023.txt from 2001/12

From: A4ACHESON@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Adult Braces
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 04:40:48 -0500

In a message dated 1/12/01 10:32:47 pm, clarinet@-----.net writes:

<< I also welcome second-hand information, i.e., impressions related

>to you by a clarinet player you know who had braces, again relative to

their

>effect on a person's playing. >>

I have had many flute and clarinet students who were fitted with braces. From
a playing point of view the results have been different for each individual.
In most cases there were no adverse effects but one clarinet player was
unable to continue due to painful lips caused by a "train track" type brace.
Arthur

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