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Last September I posted pictures of my home office space in “Anatomy of a Practice Space.” Here is a look inside my mouthpiece pouch, which I carry with me to work and gigs.
Years ago I purchased a bright, magenta mouthpiece pouch at a horn convention.
While some people would say this is pink, I insist on saying magenta simply because its sounds more manly. So, I chose this manly, magenta pouch thinking that because it was so bright and festive, I would always find it and would never lose it. Thankfully so far, that trick has worked. Magenta. Say it slowly.
Expanding liquids
I travel back and forth across Arizona and keep all my French horn lubricants in a separate plastic sandwich bag (with a “zippered” top). That bag gets left inside the case. Traveling across the varying elevations – from about 7,000 ft. to sea level – forces the sealed liquids to expand and contract.
The result can be a big, greasy mess and the plastic bag is basically a … uh … prophylactic. If anyone has a better idea or solution over the Ziplock method for altitude leakage, please leave me a tip below. With every trip, I am washing greasy valve-oil bottles.
What’s inside?
Some of these items have been the topics for current articles, and a few of the others will be fodder for future topics.
- mouthpiece
- visualizer
- lip balm
- P.E.T.E.
- B.E.R.P.
- F.H.A.R.T.
- a short section of PVC tubing
