Klarinet Archive - Posting 000085.txt from 2008/07

From: Tom Puwalski <tski1128@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Questions I've always wanted to ask ...
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:43:28 -0400

1. Yes
2. Because
a. usually a really flat low F, a really sharp high C and that you =20
paid more on Ebay because Moenig "Fixed" That
b. You can't , unless you buy the wrong one
3. not to little, not too much
4. Half of not too little not too much
5. if you put the clarinet down after half an hour you're wimping out, =20
practice 4 hours and increase your time to 45 min and then swab!
6. take a really good look and try to find out who "they" are. then =20
decide if they're full of crap or not. But I find that "stuff" in the =20
mouthpiece when left in over six months gets gross and I don't want to =20
play it. So no it's not true, but I could be "one of them"
I hope these prove to be definitive!

Tom Puwalski The Artist formerly known as Sarge
On Jul 9, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Ed Lowry wrote:

> I=92ve been pondering a number of questions over the
> years that I=92ve
> never resolved in my mind. A few are more whimsical
> than serious, but
> others can have a real impact on performance and
> equipment. So I
> thought I=92d pose a small group of questions here, and
> I look forward to
> your serious and not-so-serious answers.
>
> 1. Is cork grease any different from chapstick?
> 2. Why don=92t manufacturers put model types on their
> clarinets?
> a. How do you tell if it=92s an R-13 =96 by the
> absence of a
> label? What=92s up with that?
> b. How do you distinguish a bass Selmer 37 from
> a 45 or a 67?
> 3. What=92s a reasonable variance for a random note
> in a slow
> passage from zero cents sharp or flat?
> 4. What=92s a reasonable variance for a random note
> in a fast
> passage from zero cents sharp or flat?
> 5. I play for a half hour and put my clarinet down.
> Should I swab
> it out first, if I=92m going to play it an hour later?
> How about three
> hours later?
> 6. =93They say=94 that a silk swab will ruin a
> mouthpiece over time.
> Is this really true? And if it is, should we be
> washing our
> mouthpieces daily, or otherwise removing moisture?
> Cf. question 5.
>
> Ed Lowry
> Sacramento
>
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