Klarinet Archive - Posting 000177.txt from 2004/09

From: "Karin Berman" <berman@-----.ca>
Subj: [kl] Cracking a glass vase with high notes?
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:29:28 -0400


Have any of you ever had the case where, immediately after playing some high
notes, a vase, or glass breaks?
My beautiful thick blue glass vase (about 6 years old and in the shape of an
old-fashioned vase), cracked as I was coming down the stairs to answer the
phone. (Interrupted practice). The phone was near the vase, where it stood
on a table. A loud crack erupted, giving me a big fright and left a neat
hole about 1" in diameter and then cracks appeared and spread all over the
vase, with the water pouring out. Prior to this I only went as high as D
above staff ( a Friedrich Demnitz piece, #52 from "80 graded studies for
Clarinet, Book Two" by John Davies & Paul Harris).

Can anyone give me an idea if this was indeed related to my screech stick?

Karin Berman

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