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Author: Bart
Date: 2008-10-01 12:43
Not only clarinets can expect the wrath of our furry friends, so can the (other) ill woodwind. This blog tells the story of a Dutch oboist adopting a cat and finding herself relegated to a small practice room on account of the new feline member of the household: http://www.paulineoostenrijk.nl/index.php?group=column
I have no experience of pets myself as I'm allergic to furry animals. That said, my 4-year-old nephew recently visited and gave my saxophone a thumbs down (after he initally covered his ears in spite of my 'pianissimo' playing) for reasons of the sheer volume of the beast. My clarinet met with his approval though ...
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Author: Margaret
Date: 2008-10-01 19:03
Hello,
Thanks for posting that; it was highly entertaining. As a cat-person, I can relate.
My cat dislikes my clarinet, although he doesn't attack it, but likes well played clarinets on cds and such (my abilities are limited). This will sound hokey, but he also knows when scales and such are played wrong. If I play a wrong note, he'll actually arrive from elsewhere to get mad at me, or, if he's in the room, he'll meow at me and go. His life is very frustrating whenever I start a new one or am having trouble with a song. He has an ear for music.
He simply adores my sister's violin- he'll sit at her feet while she plays and if he sees her setting up, he arrives to claim a spot in her room. Occasionally, he'll hunt her bow, but mostly he just listens and purrs. When she's not playing, he can often be seen, sitting on the case with a very possessive look. Whenever I'm established in life I'm going to pay a professional to come and play for him- if they'll deign to play for a cat. He adores music.
Margaret
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Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2008-10-01 19:57
I must always have a second chair next to me during practice sessions now that my cat, Alice, is too big to sit on my shoulder when I play. During lessons, she lays underneath the student's chair.
All I have to do is pick up the clarinet, and she's right there, ready to listen.
Things get really intense when I go up into the altissimo, though. Rubs against me, and purrs like mad to the point that I have to shoo her away.
Alice seems to be partial to French composers and indifferent to German composers, and prefers to knock Gonzalez reeds onto the floor over Vandorens. She's also a very great fan of The Doctor's silk swabs, but eschews BG's microfiber model.
B.
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2008-10-03 12:41
I'm making my stupid pet human type this for me.
>>Things get really intense when I go up into the altissimo, though. Rubs against me, and purrs like mad to the point that I have to shoo her away.
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The poor creature is probably deranged, a condition known to result from constant exposure to the hideous noise of screech-sticks. A de-ranged cat thinks she's hearing lovely bass notes when the range is really three octaves (or worse!) higher, as the screech-stick spews all manner of feline invective and obscenity -- and all mispronounced, too. The horror! The horror!
Sssssssssssssst!
Shadow Cat
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Author: clarinetwife
Date: 2008-10-03 23:35
This is Tony, the furry purry owner of the house where clarinetwife lives. Shadow Cat, I sometimes see in your writing the signs of AHH, or anti-human hostility. When humans do something that annoys me like playing a screech stick, I simply tune it out from another room. After all, I can allow the humans their territory in the music room without my position being threatened. After 14 years we all know who is boss.
Tony Cat / barb
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Author: Shi-Ku Chishiki
Date: 2008-10-04 05:02
Boy.. am I ever in the presences of greatness listening to y'all. (wink, wink)
I don't even have to play to get our two cats and one dog to high tail it out of the area. Just picking up the screech stick causes them agony.. and I thought I played pretty good. Shows ya what I know.
Shi-Ku Chishiki ShiKu.Chishiki@Gmail.com
It's not the clarinet that makes the player, but the player that makes the clarinet!
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