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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2004-05-17 13:53
How much importance do you place on practicing on the same horn on which you plan to perform?
I've got some stuff I need to get ready for a performance. I plan to perform it on my R-13. But I've got a half-hour window during lunch every weekday where I can sneak off and practice, and it would be much easier to squirrel away my old student horn here in my office than it would be to lug my Buffet (in the double case with my A clarinet) down here every day.
Of course I'd complement it with adequate home practice on the Buffet, but most of the woodshedding would be done at lunch on my Signet.
Would this be beneficial or harmful in the end?e
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Author: jo.clarinet
Date: 2004-05-17 14:14
I'm sure it wouldn't do any harm, especially as you say you'll be practising on the Buffet at home anyway.
I find it really interesting working with several different clarinets, and actually prefer it to only playing on one the whole time - they all seem to have their own personalities (or should that be 'instrumentalities'?!). 
Joanna Brown
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Author: William
Date: 2004-05-17 14:21
I regularily perform on two different clarinets, each with their own mouthpieces and reeds and everyone thinks I play pretty good--so I see no problem with what you suggest. However, it might be better for you to transport and play the same mouthpiece on both of your clarinets.
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Author: claclaws
Date: 2004-05-17 14:27
I'm impressed that you can practice the clarinet during lunch break. You must work in an ideal setting... ?
IMHO, other than self-employed people, it must be quite difficult for a worker/employee/lecturer..etc-clarinetist to have time and space for practicing the instrument.
Lucy Lee Jang
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2004-05-17 14:34
I work in the public affairs office of my local community college. The music building is a stone's throw away (well, okay, a stone's throw if you're Roger Clemens), with plenty of empty practice rooms. Not a bad deal.
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Author: Grabnerwg
Date: 2004-05-17 17:27
Every clarinet has it's own idiosynracies, in terms of response, intonation, adjustment of keys, etc.
I would suggest that your final practice periods, before a performance all be done on the clarinet on which you are going to perform, in order to really "polish" your playing.
Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com
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Author: BobD
Date: 2004-05-17 22:51
I generally agree with grabner above. Using the performance horn in the week before performance allows you to check screws,pads etc for potential problems. I do switch around tho between the perform. horn and an alternate in the weeks prior.
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