Klarinet Archive - Posting 000212.txt from 2004/11

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Clarinets
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:39:26 -0500

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 18:16:10 -0800 (PST), kimi <kimi_kimy@-----.com> wrote:

>I don't play a clarinet, my daughter does. Woodwind
>instrument playing runs in my family however, a higher
>power upstairs decided that woodwinds wouldn't be my
>talent because I've had asthma since birth, therefore
>I lack the capacity to play wind instruments. :(
>
>

You have received bad advice. I had nearly crippling asthma as a
child. Emergency room visits, lots of school absences. However,
playing the clarinet as a child markedly improved my lung capacity,
helping me to overcome the asthma. Today, my lung capacity is above normal.

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- Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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