Klarinet Archive - Posting 000039.txt from 2002/02

From: "mlmarmer" <mlmarmer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stiff Finger joint
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 22:42:30 -0500

Mark,

Sorry to bother you.

What auction are you running? Thanks for nothing.

Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <cpaok@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Stiff Finger joint

> The bidder had excessive negative feedback. See my comment at the auction,
> under Bid Cancellations.
>
> If you wish to withdraw your bid, you may.
>
> Hey you were the one who called it to my attention --- what's up with you?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mlmarmer" <mlmarmer@-----.com>
> To: <klarinet>
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 8:33 PM
> Subject: [kl] Stiff Finger joint
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am new to this list.
> >
> > I have a question for anyone.
> >
> > I have been practicing the clarinet since Jan. 2 and havn't played since
> > 1973, after taking taking lessons for 10 years!! The old Buffet R13 is
> > still a great instrument.
> >
> > I have been doing long tones and scales and have pulled out the old
Rubank
> > Books and others to start working on fingering technic. Lips muscles are
> > getting good and I am up to a 3.5 Mitchell Lurie reed. Can't do the old
> > Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, like in 1973, but working on it! LOL!
> Maybe
> > in a couple of years! Just saw Loren Kitt from the National Symphony
play
> > that last month in Rockville, MD.
> >
> > However, I am having the last joint of the two lower fingers, that work
> the
> > lowest tone hole and the 4 keys below that hole, going stiff and wont
flex
> > at times. Will that disappear in time, with practice? Any suggestion
on
> > how to work on that?
> >
> > Thanks for any responses,
> >
> > Mike Marmer
> > Germantown, MD
> >
> >
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