Klarinet Archive - Posting 000086.txt from 2008/07
From: "Bill Foss" <billfoss47@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Questions I've always wanted to ask ...
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:54:44 -0400
Tom - Glad to see you are still a total "wise-ass"
Bill Foss
U.S. Army Retired
USC Aiken, Woodwind Professor
Director of Bands, Aiken Prep
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From: "Tom Puwalski" <tski1128@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Questions I've always wanted to ask ...
1. Yes
2. Because
a. usually a really flat low F, a really sharp high C and that you
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,
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
decide if they're full of crap or not. But I find that "stuff" in the
mouthpiece when left in over six months gets gross and I don't want to
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’ve been pondering a number of questions over the
> years that I’ve
> 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’d 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’t manufacturers put model types on their
> clarinets?
> a. How do you tell if it’s an R-13 – by the
> absence of a
> label? What’s up with that?
> b. How do you distinguish a bass Selmer 37 from
> a 45 or a 67?
> 3. What’s a reasonable variance for a random note
> in a slow
> passage from zero cents sharp or flat?
> 4. What’s 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’m going to play it an hour later?
> How about three
> hours later?
> 6. “They say” 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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