Clarinet.

i play clarinet! it's been like...six years...wow. haha.
only play in concert band, not marching.
i use whatever brand of reeds i can get atm, on 3 1/2s.

this will be my fourth year playing. Although I won't be playing in band for my freshman year. (I need to get in two years of French, therefore I'm taking French 2)

Even though the director has actually called my house to try & talk me into doing it. He'll just have to wait until next year.

My mom usually buys "Rico" brand size 3 reeds for me.

giving up band for french????? ick!!!!
maybe you could give up lunch instead. then you could eat your lunch in the classes with the most annoying techers and they can't stop you cuz you'll say you're about to faint because you have band and french instead of lunch.

I used to play the Clarrinet.
And i really enjoyed it.
But you can blame my retarded teacher.
So far, she's made 4 people i know, quit.

I only played in year 6 and 7.
But i admire you guys for playing for so long.

I've played the clarinet for about 6/7 years. I'm doing my grade eight next year, and I love playing it.

I've been playing for about 8 or 9 years now.

I recently just got a new Selmer Henri Paris Prologue II after my Omega was stolen.

As for reeds I use Mitchell Lurie Premium 3 1/2. I seriously can't stand Vandoren (nothing against those of you who use them). They make my sound really hollow. MLPs give me a really rich, warm tone. I think it really just depends on your own personal set-up though.

Is started clarinet when I started with band class, grade 7, and I love it. I play the music for 1st, and can hit all the notes and everything. Mine is a Yamaha, and I use 3 1/2 reeds (I don't know what brand because I buy them individually from my band teacher).

Hey I have a question, how can you ward off mouth fatuige after playing for so long? Because I can only play for about 30-50 mins before my mouth literally starts tingling and air gushes out the sides, and I can't control it any more. My band teacher is clueless, and the other clarinets aren't much help.

i've never heard of MLP reeds. maybe i'll try them out sometime and see how they compare to vandoren.

to make your mouth stop fatiguing, you pretty much have to marathon practice. the more often and longer you play, the stronger your facial muscles will get. then you won't have prolems with fatigue and air leaks.

I play clarinet I named it Mutt
This will be my 7th year playing it
Um as for reeds I just buy mine from my band dirctor.
I'm not sure what he gets

I've never really tried vandoren reeds but i've been told to switch to them, are they any good?
And my clarinet's called Zacky, he's an E13

^^^^^ go for the Vandorens!!! they're good if you get on their good side and don't piss them off. they're kind of bratty reeds, but if you get good ones (by chance, not every one is good and you can't control it), you can be a clarinetting wonder.

so band camp was last week (august 18-22) and i obviously brought my clarinet. it was in its case on the bleachers while i was off doing drum major things, and got so hot that if you touched the clasps on the case you'd get burned. after five days of this, i finally got to play on the 5th day, and the wooden finish had been ruined by the heat.
the wood was dehydrated, so i put Olive Oil on it and rubbed it in with a tissue and Qtip for under the keys. it worked, and after two days of soaking in (outside the case!!), the clarinet felt healthier. so i did it again, and it's still soaking in. if you want to try it, here are the rules:
1. wood clarinets only!!plastic doesn't need it.
2. use vegetable based oil. i used olive oil, but i suppose you can use vegetable oil if you want. wood will soak up vegetable stuff, not so much mineral oil.
3. keep it out of the case while drying. and make sure no one touches it. that would get icky.
4. stay away from getting oil on the keys.
5. don't mess with the little wires under some of the metal shafts. they're better not tampered with.
6. don't do this more than two times or it will stop soaking it in. if it fills the wood, it's good, so stop. if you make the mistake of using more that it can absorb, just wipe it off and don't tell people about it.
7. set up the clarinet before you do this. otherwise, you'll have oily corks and everything will be chaos.

try it if you like. i just love sharing clarinet tidbits. and i think i become more band geeky every day.

clarinet=) yay=) ive only been in band since the 6th grade (now 8th) and ive played clarinet..of course. but all the other clarinet players that were in band had been playing for years and i was almost immediately at first chair. my clarinet gift x33 i play a selmer signet B flat all-wood clarinet, if we are getting technical. terribly old and i have to have my intructor tighten every screw about once a week, and i have to fix up the pads often, and im sure my parents are just begging me to quit since thats all expensive like, but i love it too much. and i refuse to just get a new one, because this clarinet has a lot of history, having been in my family.....for a very long time, and we can leave it at that. the clarinet being as terribly old as it is, ...its very expensive. so i keep it in a ratty old selmer case just in case one of the hoodlums at my school gets any ideas. i use Vandoren size 3 or 3 1/2 reeds, depending on the music and what my instructor asks and all. and my clarinet's name is callie x33 hehe. clarinet OWNS. =)

I've been playing for 5 years now.
I chose it because it had my name in it (Claire, clarinet, haha )

My clarinet's broken.

I'm taking it to be repaired tomorrow.

That'll teach me not to get it serviced it every year.

I'ma miss it

this kid in my band accidentally drop-kicked his clarinet and it broke. he was throwing and catching it, and he missed catching it, so he tried to catch it with his foot, and ended up drop kicking it instead.

I've been playing clarinet for about a year with my school band
I play a Jupiter brand clarinet
I use Rico size 2 1/2 reeds
Clarinet is so beautiful and peaceful to me, aha :]
And I'm joining marching band next year when I'm a freshman :]

Yo's i have been playing my Clari for 7 years and it is sad to say, i am only doing ym Grade 5 in a few months. oh well, this is typical, but i have had crap teachers and stuff....so yeh

I use ummmmm let me think, Vandoren size 2 1/2 i think =]
yeh i think i am going to stick to that.

My clarinet is a Yamaha 450 and my mouthpiece is a B40. I gots it like a year ago i think and yeah, it is wooden and i love my Clari ^_^