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 Re: Teacher moistens students reed
Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date:   2010-05-31 14:35

Tony, I don't disagree with you about any of that. I do understand how necessary it is for teachers to test students' setups. The only place where I take exception is the issue of sanitation. I realize it's a nuisance to rinse the mouthpiece, but....

My grammar school band director did do the rinsing and testing and it made an impression on me. No question that hearing him play spectacular runs and arpeggios on the same setup I used to produce the typical beginner noise brought home to me that I needed to practice more -- and more intelligently. He also sent some of the other kids' clarinets home with the instruction to nag their parents mercilessly to fork over the dough to replace or repair those unplayable honkers.

Aside from his playing, I learned about maintenance from his example. He reinforced that lesson when periodically he'd pick a kid at random, waggle his fingers at the clarinet and demand, "You. Gimme it." He'd take off the reed and take a look in there. If he found what he usually found, he'd shriek and make vomiting noises as he showed everybody the layer of slime inside the unwashed mouthpiece. The drama backfired with some of the boys who competed to see who could show off the most disgusting accumulation, but I think even they probably changed their ways, eventually.

I do make exceptions to the cleanliness routine. Last night when I was showing Kevin how a clarinet worked, we swapped it back and forth without the cleanups. We figure that, after nearly forty years of marriage, we've got all the same cooties.

Lelia
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