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Re: Strangest private lesson?

Author: Michael E. Shultz
Date: 2008-08-02 23:00

My private lessons were rather tame compared to these. I do remember my clarinet and saxophone teacher would shout NO! NO! NO! when he did not like how I played. This teacher was responsible for my learning to play the low clarinets. He suggested to my band director that I would be more useful as a clarinet player during concert season. I played bass clarinet one season, then when the contralto player graduated, I played contralto the last 2 years of high school. I learned to play contralto parts or transpose bass clarinet parts on sight equally well. I eventually reached the stage on my saxophone playing when he told me it was time to move up to another teacher (he was primarily a clarinet teacher).

It was common to switch instruments between players back then. My band director, who was a pipe smoker, always left an unpleasant taste on my reeds. Once, before a concert, the band director asked if a middle school player could use my Couf alto saxophone and Gale 5M mouthpiece because her horn had some sort of mechanical failure. I said yes, and got it back undamaged. I wondered what she thought of my horn, though. It was probably in a whole other league from what she was used to playing. I always kept my instruments in perfect mechanical condition, too.

We did have a middle school clarinet player die from bacterial meningitis. There was some concern other whether instruments had been swapped around, thus exposing others to possible infection.

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Groucho Marx

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