Klarinet Archive - Posting 000432.txt from 2003/10

From: "Christy Erickson" <perickso@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] [clarinet] reeds for beginners?
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:43:16 -0400

OK Randy, so what happens when a clarinet playing/teaching Mom like me =
comes
in and says, "I want my daughter to have a certain type of clarinet, a
certain mouthpiece and reeds I have already prepared for her of a brand =
and
strength of my choosing. What do you do? Certainly you must have had =
this
happen? I can tell you I would highly object if you tried to tell me =
how my
child ought to start and what equipment she "ought" to use. Also, I
probably would have already taught her years before how to produce a =
sound
and put the instrument together. My kids have both been doing that =
since
about the age or 6 or 7-and younger with my supervision. What do you do =
in
that type of situation?

Christy=20

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