Klarinet Archive - Posting 000154.txt from 2011/05

From: Gregg Patten <patten51@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Wind Instruments and Respiratory Infections
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 10:45:23 -0400

Nancy;
I am an amateur musician and a professional pulmonary physician.=A0 I tend =
to discount anything I read in the NYT for beginners.=A0 There is no body o=
f information in our professional literature to support your instrument bei=
ng a health menace to you.=A0GAPMDFCCP

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
To: klarinet@-----.com
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 5:22 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Wind Instruments and Respiratory Infections

On 05/25/2011 07:41 PM, Nancy Buckman wrote:
> OK...sorry sick musicians...if you haven't learned after the second time =
you
> played your instrument that you have to keep it clean, then you have earn=
ed
> your illnesses.=A0 The New York Times is NOT reporting anything that a RE=
AL
> musician doesn't already know.=A0 And woodwinds...wash your swabs...every
> day!=A0 Sheesh!!!

Is this really an issue of instrument hygiene, or more to do with the
amount of boozing, partying and shagging around that musicians get up
to?=A0 (Yes, I know.=A0 What happens at band camp ... stays at band camp.)

Classical musicians -- you KNOW you are not exempt here ... :-)
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