Klarinet Archive - Posting 000648.txt from 2004/03

From: "Lelia Loban" <lelialoban@------.net>
Subj: [kl] [clarinet] Lipstick and mp
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:05:06 -0500


I wrote,
>Whenever I know he'll be gone for at least an hour,
>I take out a clarinet or a saxophone, but since I'm not
>practicing regularly any more, I'm getting very well
>acquainted with alligator lips when I do put in a good
>session. Oh well. Less practice means less cork grease
>to ingest, right...?

Nancy Buckman wrote,
>>Sounds like you need an outside ensemble to play in.

That would *really* do me in. The problem is extreme, irrational stage
fright, not lack of opportunity.

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Ormondtoby Montoya wrote,
>Pure anhydrous lanolin (which is a thick grease) works
>well as a cork grease. You can buy a 1-lb jar of USP
>anhydrous lanolin at most pharmacies, and in addition
>to being safe (suitable for medicinal purposes), you will
>also spend less money over the long run. Those $1.49
>tubes add up after awhile.

Does anybody know which pharmacies in the Washington, D. C. area of
northern Virginia still sell USP anhydrous lanolin? People have
recommended it here before; and the man who made my bodhran also
recommended lanolin for the goatskin drum head. Kevin would like some for
his bookbinding business, too. We've tried his leather suppliers and the
pharmacies in Giant, Safeway, Shoppers and CVS. No pure lanolin. "Oh, we
used to carry that, but nobody wants it any more. We haven't sold that for
years."

Anyway, I'm content with commercial cork grease for the clarinet and
Neatsfoot oil for the drum. Just curious about whether I shouldn't be so
nonchalant about smearing cork grease on my lip. Oh well, I haven't grown
tusks and long, hairy ear flaps yet....

Lelia Loban
E-mail: lelialoban@------.net
Web site (original music scores as audio or print-out):
http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/LeliaLoban

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