Klarinet Archive - Posting 000053.txt from 2006/09

From: DeDore <dedore@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] soft palate air leak
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:30:06 -0400

My daughter competed in a state solo final
in May and the judge said he heard 'throat
breathing'. She does have allergies, but otherwise
her embouchure & breath support have been worked
on and seem to be in good shape. We couldn't
figure it out.

By the way, your discussions open up the clarinet
world to her. Thanks.

At 11:44 AM 9/7/06 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 9/7/2006 8:54:50 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>slrolf@-----.net writes:
>Sometimes, during the course of a tonsillectomy, tissue from the soft palate
>is inadvertently removed. If enough is removed, then the nasopharynx won't
>properly/fully close. This seems to have been more prevelant during the
>surgical era that you describe
>This happened to me, as a teenager. My doctor finally prevailed on my
>parents to have my tonsils removed, when I was a senior in High School,
>since I had
>persistent ear and throat infections. After the operation, when I played, I
>had a noticeable, noisy air leak, that continued for several months. (It
>also
>felt funny).
>
>I remember being stopped in a scholarship audition, by one of the teachers,
>who asked "What's that NOISE?". Very embarrassing to a 17 year old.
>
>It eventually stopped by itself. Maybe my adenoids grew back?
>
>Walter
>www.clarinetxpress.com/bass.html
>world class bass clarinet mouthpieces
>
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