Author: BartHx
Date: 2014-08-28 00:13
Clarinets made of synthetic materials are cheap and easy to find today. However, when I last marched (1968) they were few and far between. While, at that time, there were a few available, I had no clue they existed let alone where to find one. At that time, every clarinetist I knew marched with a wooden instrument. We all kept our instruments adequately oiled, avoided rapid temperature changes, and none of us ever had a cracking problem. Most of us felt lucky to own one instrument. I was fortunate to have had a band director in high school who required each of us to research and write essays on care, maintenance, and repair of our own instruments. In college, I handled the instrument repair room.
Before someone asks "What kind of music major has only one instrument?". . . .
Where I went to college, we had neither a music major nor a music minor. We were just happy to have a music department where we could play under a band director who studied under Revelli. On the other hand, we had a good enough band that we got invited to travel the country (and later the world) to play concerts. The school was eventually forced to add a variety of music majors to match the level of performance.
Post Edited (2014-08-28 01:28)
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