Author: Bluesparkle
Date: 2009-01-11 15:57
My high school band director had an R-13 that was his personal instrument. He took several of us under his wing for private lessons after school at no charge, and sometimes would even drive us home if we didn't have our own transportation. If our parents weren't able to get good equipment right away, he let us use his clarinet, no questions asked. I tried out for all sorts of regional/state bands using his instrument, as did one of my long time friends and several others in the section. We basically just passed it around our own mouthpieces, of course), until we were able to get our own quality equipment.
I remember my friend had it in the gym bleachers, and the bottom half just fell off, all the way through the bleachers to the hard floor. She freaked out, ran under to get the wayward half, and her first reaction was just to kiss it to make sure it was okay. Remarkably, it was. There was no reprimand, and she was allowed to continue to use it. Because of his guidance, I still play today.
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