Klarinet Archive - Posting 000367.txt from 2005/01

From: Rob <roomberg@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] reed goes up on top... touching the upper lip..... no kidding
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 02:33:54 -0500

I am a clarinet novice....figured I'd try may hand at it.
I picked up two wooden clarinets on ebay for $40 and $36 for my daughter
who plays in high school band after she told me she heard a wooden
clarinet and it sounded different compared to her clarinet.(plastic)
They arrived today so I tried to figure out if they were going to be of
any use at all.
ebay listed as:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3775409936
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3774046544

We have a local music store so we picked up one mouthpeice and a few
reeds..... #2 and #3.

One clarinet had tight cork rings and pads and the other was so worn out
that the mounthpeice would drop out if you let it.

My daughter was out all day so with no help at all I put together the
tight clarinet while slurping a reed like a lollypop then managed to
play scales.
I was extremely pleased with the very deep sound of the lowest notes.
At least one of these clarinets works fine.

Then a funny thing happened.

I find this email about titanic and goodman and talking about reed
touching upper lip..... and then it dawned on me that was how I set up
the clarinet I played all day today.
Way to screw that up....real good!!!!!
Tommorrow I have to flip it over and see what happens with the reed on
my bottom lip.
I can't play now...it would wake my wife and kids.

So can anyone tell me how good or bad a deal these clarinets were?

Whats it cost to recork a clarinet?

Curtis Bennett wrote:
> That Benny Goodman clarinet was shown with the mouthpiece with the
> reed facing opposite the register key. I thought it was assembled by
> someone who didn't know what they were doing. People actually used to
> play with the reed touching the upper lip? That's the craziest thing
> I've ever heard of.
>
>
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:08:29 -0500, Donna Higgins <Donna@-----.com> wrote:
>
>>I just got back from seeing "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit." One of the
>>artifacts on display was a clarinet. I couldn't make out a brand name
>>or a logo. Many of the keys were gone, the rest were encrusted with
>>green stuff. And the mouthpiece was on backwards from the way we play
>>today. I wondered if that's how it was found, or if the pieces were
>>assembled by the person who did the cleaning and resoration work. Were
>>clarinets still commonly played with "backward" mouthpieces in 1912?
>>
>>Another interesting thing - the little card that went with the display
>>said that back in the early 20th century, clarinet key systems were not
>>standardized, and the keywork on a particular instrument depended on the
>>level of player for whom the instrument was intended. According to the
>>text, the instrument on display was meant for an "accomplished
>>amateur." I've never heard that before. Is it true?
>>
>>- Donna
>>
>>--
>>"L'enfer, c'est les autres."
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