Klarinet Archive - Posting 000040.txt from 2010/01

From: "Tom Servinsky" <tompiano@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Braces
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:31:52 -0500

I don't hear or feel any difference in sound and response.
Tom Servinsky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michelle Guajardo" <michel470@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 8:57 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] Braces

>I recently started using this product called Brace Guard. It does work very
> well as far as getting rid of the pain, but it does change my sound
> substantially. It's not good or bad, just different. And so, I prefer to
> use
> it only when I'm really sore. Do these other products you guys are talking
> about change your sound at all? Perhaps it is just the thickness of the
> guard?
>
> Michelle Guajardo
> God Bless You!
>
> 'All music is folk music, I ain't never heard no horse sing a song.' -
> Louis
> Armstrong
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hns692@-----.com]
> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 7:18 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Braces
>
> I think Parafilm M may be something that's been packaged in small
> packages
> and sold as Lip Ease through music stores. I've purchased it and it
> works
> well, although the giant roll might well last me the remainder of my
> life,
> I might just purchase it and share. I found it can be used more than
> once
> if one has a miniscule supply.
>
> Lee Ann Hansen
>
>
> In a message dated 1/10/2010 6:24:53 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> martymarks@-----.com writes:
>
> On Sunday, January 10, 2010, at 05:32AM, "Tom Servinsky"
> <tompiano@-----.net> wrote:
>>Speaking of braces and cut lips, I stumbled upon an very inexpensive lip
>>guard which can be made at home.
>>I take the standard mouthpiece guard which football players use
> (99cents).
>>Cut the guard into 3/4" sections, which will yield at least 10 finished
> lip
>>guards.
>>Dip the 3/4" section into boiling water with tweezers in hand. Once the
>>plastic softens sufficiently, put the section over your teeth and mold. I
>>find that it takes several tries of dipping, fitting, dipping, fitting,
>>before you find a fit that is snug and not too thick.
>>Cut off the excess amounts as the 3'4" ordinal piece will have expanded
>>considerably.
>>I've taught all my younger students this trick and it's been a lip saver,
>>especially for those wanting to spend hours of practicing. The local
>>orthodontist sells something similar for $80. Do the math....
>>Tom Servinsky
> Hi Tom, I was making tooth guards exactly as you do for several years
> and
> my dentist made me some similar guards. A couple of years ago I
> discovered an easier solution. A product called PARAFILM M. A large
> roll
> for about
> $15 is available on line from several
> medical lab suppliers. Cut off about 4", fold it several times, press
> it over the lower teeth. It will form a perfect tooth guard of whatever
> thickness and size you desire. It takes about 30 seconds or less to make
> each
> one which will last several sessions. The film is colorless and
> tasteless. One roll should supply you and all your students for years.
> I've been
> on my first roll for about 3 years now and I play several hours each
> day.
> martinm
>>
>>
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