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Author: Bino
Date: 1999-11-30 04:09
Does any1 use a shamee to protect your lower lip and teeth...If you do How do I get the cod oil (smell/taste)that is used to help absorbancy out of the shamee? Are there any things I can let the shamee absorb to help speed up the process or even add a sweet taste?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-11-30 12:18
Never heard of anyone use a chamois to protect their lower teath. There's a number of ways to make a more hygenic tooth shield (I don't want to think about what's going to grow in that absorbent chamois!) Check the Klarinet Archives for mouthguard or lip eze (or something very close) and you'll get a number of hits describing what to do.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 1999-11-30 21:23
Mark Charette wrote:
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Never heard of anyone use a chamois to protect their lower teath. There's a number of ways to make a more hygenic tooth shield (I don't want to think about what's going to grow in that absorbent chamois!) Check the Klarinet Archives for mouthguard or lip eze (or something very close) and you'll get a number of hits describing what to do.
Mark -
I've used a tiny piece of chamois (maybe 3/8" square) for years to protect my upper lip in my double lip embouchure. You have to make sure you get a piece of genuine chamois, and not the artificial stuff that most "chamois" swabs are made of. The best place to find it is in auto stores, where it's sold as a super-soft non-scratch washing cloth.
At the end of a playing session, I press it hard between my tongue and teeth to get the water out and then plaster it on the top of my plastic mouthpiece cap, where it quickly dries. It doesn't grow anything at all.
On the other hand, I think chamois is usually cured with chromium, or something equally nasty, so I'll probably die soon.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: john diprofio
Date: 1999-11-30 22:06
Before Ken Shaw departs this mortal clime, he might try a
small wad of beeswax to replace the chamois. Bino might try it too!
johnd
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Author: Sean
Date: 1999-12-01 12:30
Have you ever tried chewing Parafin wax? I have but not for any reasons related to clarinet playing. (No real reason for chewing it other than I heard that you can chew it like gum - I just had to try it!) If you bite off a small chunk it crumbles in your mouth but if you persist and chew it up it becomes like hard gum (believe me) - only with a more dense consistency. If you press it down over your front teeth it should form somthing akin to an athletic mouthpiece - only a bit more pliable. I am writing this strictly from memory (and conjecture, I might add) but it will retain its shape after you remove it. It has no taste, no "stickyness" just the slippery feeling you would expect from wax. My guess is that you will get a lot of lip guards out of one block of parafin wax (available at any grocery store) and guards can be "re-chewed" to form new ones if you are into recycling. Like I said, this is based mostly on conjecture but I think that it just might work. I'd be curious to hear the results of any testing.
P.S. Why chamois? No matter what you do to it,it always retains the same smell - wash after wash after wash. When it gets wet it becomes quite slippery and slimey. I know, because as a competitive cyclist I had a lot of experience with natural chamois. You see, before the advent of new fabrics, natural chamois was the material of choice for the crotch of cycling shorts - mainly for its absorbancy. Hope this image does not put a damper on anyone's desire to try chamois as a lip guard.
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Author: MJordan
Date: 1999-12-04 06:40
I have used a chamois for a few years now and have not found it to grow anything or make me ill. The taste of a new piece leaves something to be desired but as you don't have to replace them often, I have not been deterred by the short lived bad taste. It is true that you need to use genuine chamois not the synthetic version to avoid the "it's slimmy" issue. If you have any clarinet friends that study with Howard Klug at Indiana University, the technique is quite popular with their studio. You could get further details from them.
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