Klarinet Archive - Posting 000336.txt from 2009/01
From: clarni bass <clarnibass@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Inauguration clarinet
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:10:01 -0500
Buffet has a nice film about a French clarinet player (forgot his name, sorry) who travelled to Europe's(?) highest mountain (or maybe just France's, I don't remember) and played a Greenline clarinet at the top. I think it was around -20C. Great film regardless of that too.
--- On Sat, 1/24/09, Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com> wrote:
From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Inauguration clarinet
To: klarinet@-----.org
Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 8:34 AM
Isn't there a nontoxic version of antifreeze (propylene glycol), which
is also a common food additive? Not that I would want to use it, but
it does exist. It is supposed to be less toxic than ethylene glycol.
On 1/22/09, Lelia Loban <lelialoban@-----.net> wrote:
> [Cross-posted on the bulleting board.]
> I watched on CNN, where the announcer started jabbering right in the
middle
> of the music! GRRRR! I'm sorry McGill didn't have a more prominent
role in
> the music. On this occasion, it seemed fitting that the performers
embodied
> three different races, at least three different countries of origin and at
> least two different religions.
>
> That was one of the few musical performances of the day that sounded
mostly
> in tune, thanks to a heated space. I felt sorry for the people in the
parade
> bands. They waited and waited for the parade to start more than an hour
late
> and then they played in an icy wind. Even some of the service bands,
> professionals accustomed to playing outdoors in all weather, sounded a tad
> sour -- and meanwhile, most of the crowd only wanted to see President
Obama
> and his family, then began drifting away. At a distance from the White
House
> viewing enclosure, the parade route looked nearly empty by the time the
last
> bands passed. The press didn't seem to care about the music, either --
> talked right through almost all of it.
>
> One of the announcers said that a band had used antifreeze on the
> instruments. Really? Wouldn't be a good thing to put on a mouthpiece
-- the
> stuff is toxic. I can't imagine using it on clarinet or saxophone pads
to
> keep them from freezing shut, either -- wouldn't antifreeze cause the
pads
> to leak, the same way excessive condensation does? Might be a good
lubricant
> for screws, I guess. Maybe brass players use antifreeze on valves and
> slides, to keep them from freezing stuck after they get damp.
>
> Lelia Loban
> http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/Lelia_Loban
>
>
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