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Helping a friend out

Author: SVClarinet09
Date: 2006-12-26 15:32

Earlier this month we were at an honors band clinic. The girl who's second chair in the 11/12 honors band (the girl who is second chair in my class) the wood on her clarinet swelled up. She has an R13 Limite that she bought no more than one year ago. This problem really scares me because sometimes she can't play and then I'd be the only one left on first part. I can do it but there are a few pieces(mainly Molly on the Shore) where I need her to play one measure at the end of my solo to give me time to breath. I did ask her how frequently she oils her clarinet. You will never believe the answer. Once every two weeks or so. She oils it to the point where oil is all over her pads. Her pads have that oily color to them, some even black. I remember for an audition she said to me "I oiled my clarinet last night to get a better sound" and I said really? that isn't good and i touched the inside of her lower joint only to have oil drip all over my fingers. Her bell also stays stuck to the clarinet when she plays and she can't take that apart either. When she bought her clarinet, I asked her if she broke it in the right way (one week play for 15mins and so forth) and she said that she just took it and played it every day. Could this be the source of the problem? Is there anything that can be done to help prevent this problem in the future?

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