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Re: Keeping in shape

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2008-07-14 21:38

Do you have a boy friend?
You could toot on the mouthpiece but make sure no one is home when you do.
When I got married, the first time, I was so concerned about my embouchure that I would practice shaping it and blowing without anything in my mouth while driving on my honeymoon. My wife must have thought I was crazy, I was just paranoid. No wonder I got married a second time. Don’t worry about it, you’ll survive.
By the way, I’m a professional and up to two years ago I never had a back up instrument. I owned only one of each clarinet until two years ago when I decided to by a new Bb clarinet. I bought another bass clarinet this year because it plays so much like the one I’ve been playing for 40 years but decided to sell it when I realized it just sits in my room. I know it’s a good idea to have a second of each clarinet but I’ve managed to get by all these years without. I do keep my clarinets in top playing form though. Also, I would never send my clarinet out because I want to try them at the shop before leaving to make sure the instrument is just the way I want it, not the way the tech thinks I want it. But that’s just me. ESP
www.peabody.jhu.edu/457 (Listen to a little Mozart, live recording)

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