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Author: Gardini
Date: 2005-08-16 18:41
We have an outdoor concert this week and I have a very nice new bass clarinet. Is outside playing really risky to the instrument? It will probably be cool (60) and humid out and we are under cover. Any rules of thumb for taking your horn out? Is dry a bigger risk than wet?
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Author: 3dogmom
Date: 2005-08-16 19:58
Check out my recent post about playing in the heat and humidity. Lots of good information provided by those who've been through it. My advice, don't do it. Use an old one or a plastic one.
Sue Tansey
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Author: larryb
Date: 2005-08-16 20:20
I wonder how Stadler's clarinet survived the elements for all that great outdoor music Mozart wrote - especially the wind serenades.
In one of Mozart's letters he writes about the wind sextet (K375) being played outside his window as he turned in for the night - what a beautiful image.
If you don't play outside, you're not playing the clarinet as it was meant to be played. Don't be afraid to play outdoors. Enjoy it.
Here's a link to a blog about outdoor music making (scroll down a bit to the the piece entitled "Good Time" to find it): http://www.artsjournal.com/sandow
Post Edited (2005-08-16 20:21)
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Author: jangjiman
Date: 2005-08-16 22:50
One of my wood clarinets is in poor condition due to being played outside in humidity. If you think it won't kill you bass clarinet, then go for it. In my case, my clarinet didn't get hurt by being played outside once. I also look at the conditions outside right before I play to decide. You never know...a storm might come your way, expecially in arizona during monsoon season.
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