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Re: Face masks

Author: oian
Date: 2021-08-26 00:17

When I made the mask, the State of California in their infinite wisdom had declared that any person playing a wind instrument was required to wear a "face covering which covered the nose and mouth while playing. It also made it very clear that a face shield would not be an acceptable substitute". I even called the California official number to get a clarification. I asked how is one supposed to wear a mask while playing a Bass Clarinet. The official answer "I don't know how that could be done, I suggest that you play without a mask and then put one on while not playing".

I know that blowing through a mask with a hole in it , be it a mask with a flap or the one in the picture doesn't do anything useful (especially with all the open holes in a Woodwind), but it it satisfied the local powers that be and allowed me to play and was more user-friendly than a flapped mask.

Fortunately shortly after I made it the Governor deferred to the CDC guidelines and the mask mandate was dropped.

Karl: I don't know were you live, but you should see the long list of rules for music programs in California schools this school year!

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