Klarinet Archive - Posting 000196.txt from 2009/02

From: Tom Puwalski <tski1128@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] The right Teflon Tape
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:05:55 -0500

There is a special teflon tape, it's thicker and has a pinkish cast to
it, this is the premium tape and will "darken" the sound way more than
the regular tape. It might not matter to some but I know there are
some of you that can really hear the difference. Tom Puwalski
On Feb 9, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Clif Johnson wrote:

> How do you cut the tape to fit or do you just wrap it slightly over
> the
> other end of the tape?
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: Peter Gentry
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> Date: 2/9/2009 5:05:07 AM
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> To: klarinet@-----.org
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> Subject: RE: [kl] Teflon Tape
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> Whatever your opinion on Teflon tape I would advise you to keep a
> roll in
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> your instrument case. A cork repair takes time and cannot be done
> during
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> performance.
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> regards
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> Peter Gentry
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Martin Marks [mailto:martymarks@-----.com]
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> Sent: 09 February 2009 01:48
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> To: klarinet@-----.org
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> Cc: klarinet@-----.org
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> Subject: Re: [kl] Teflon Tape
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> On Sunday, February 08, 2009, at 05:59PM, "reedman"
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> <reedman99@-----.net> wrote:
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>> I certainly don't follow learning principles that cause me to
>> believe ideas
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>> should be cast in stone. In fact, organizations I belong to like
>> NAPBIRT
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>> strive to teach their "old dogs" new tricks - it happens all the
>> time.
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> Hi reedman, I'm sorry if it seemed like a personal attack. Several
> people
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> voiced the same opinion in favor of cork and my experience
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> with Teflon tape is limited to only a few days use. You may be
> correct. My
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> problem is that I'm always looking for the magic bullet, magic reed,
> magic
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> mouthpiece, etc. .
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> martinm
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