Music teacher used my daughters clarinet and then expected her to play it

[HarrietSpecter]

AIBU? I was horrified. Isn't this totally unhygienic??

She also said that the smell left on it made her nauseous and almost sick.

It was a supply teacher at school, so not her usual teacher.

Should I say something to school, or am I being unreasonable?

Flymaybe Glad I'm not the only one that cheered up!

CornishMaid1 yes

My dd’s Clarinet teacher would swap on her own mouthpiece to play her clarinet, I did ask dd if her teacher ever played hers because I noticed her teacher had a cold sore once. Yes they have to check instruments but it’s not hygienic or necessary to use the same mouthpiece.

Thank you ohcrepe, that's what I was worried about, diseases such as cold sores. At least I'm not on my own!

Rainy really? I had no idea this was normal, it's the first time she's played it - they get to try different instruments at school.
It's sooo unhygienic 😳 imagine if someone spat at you - that's 'just' saliva 😱

How ironic that the OP's user surname is "Spector".

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I was going to write 'me too - except I'm a string player'

Other instruments wouldn't necessarily bother me but as posted above with the clarinet the reed is softened with saliva so I think yanbu. I wouldn't like to share so don't see why your daughter should. He should have his own clarinet to demonstrate with.

Ok rainy - if you say so. I don't play now but when I did it was on my own for my own enjoyment - but I still wouldn't let anyone get their gob round my mouthpiece. Probably one of the reasons I never wanted to be a 'musician' and just play music instead.

If they're trying different instruments then it's unlikely the teacher has their own mouthpiece for every one and the kids are probably sharing too Didn't do me any harm I wouldn't worry!

Sorry for the smut OP. With my serious head on now - in a teaching situation, most wind players I know would have used their own mouthpiece on the student's instrument.

In youth orchestra, i'd blow anything and not give it a second thought.

What happens at youth orchestra, stays at youth orchestra, eh?

I play wind instruments - this wouldn’t gross me out. The reed sort of sits on the outside of your lip (the bottom of it as it bends over your teeth a bit) and you don’t need to be getting your spit on it at that point.

I do remember brass players cursing forgetting their instruments as it meant they had to play ‘the school trumpet’ which lived in legend as a thoroughly disgusting object, though!

Yes. YABU. For the reasons already stated.

Liz70, it's Specter, as in Suits 😎
(HarrietSpecter/MichelleRoss🙈, ...I'll give up now)

I still think it's icky, obviously more normal than I realised, but still is a disease risk I would rather my daughter didn't have to take

That’s revolting.

Careful - you are raising a future sensitive snowflake !

I bet it didn’t smell.

"Liz70, it's Specter, as in Suits 😎"

Oh pfft... what's one little noun. Stop spoiling my joke!

It’s not snowflake to think this is gross.

My Dc just tried some instruments for band. They had the school mouthpiece and they were cleaned thoroughly between students. I could accept a flute sharing as it’s outside the mouth, it one that is in your mouth, no thanks! That’s gross.

Yes - it's icky. I'm trying to gain perspective on this - I'm understanding it was a primary school 'taster' session (excuse the pun). So dd hasn't yet chosen to play the clarinet yet? Well, there we go, it's hard to get a good clarinet player, and now we know why. Too many grossed out by spit sharing at an early age.

It's not a multi-functional instrument, it makes a certain set of sounds with any nuance created by the spit and breath of the player.
But too many think they can play a guitar, blast a sound out of a sax and hey presto they can play the clarinet.

Another mystery solved by the MN creativ

If it's the school clarinet not your daughters, then I think it's quite likely to have been in an awful lot of mouths.

I too had those youth orchestra experiences - some of the best of my life!! I am a string player though.
Getting HepC from a clarinet is a big jump.

This is common practice even at the highest level of teaching.
I was surprised because Professionals have more than one mouthpiece that they carry around for times they may want to try out n instrument.
It's normal for woodwind players to change instruments regularly in search of The Holy Grail

You are more at risk for playing an instrument that has been in a case for a long time or worst still school instrument cupboard.
Bagpipe Lung can kill.

www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/312461.php

@HarrietSpecter given she'll spend her teenage years snogging randoms in pubs/nightclubs I think you're being a teeny bit neurotic here.

It would freak me out and if I was the child I would have refused to play it and got my bleach wipes out 😂 I refused to do CPR on a dummy in a first aid course because everyone else had slobbered all over it.

I see I'm not the first to do this, but- pahahaha!

n youth orchestra, i'd blow anything and not give it a second thought.

Op made me feel a bit sick, and I'm not a clarinet player but I remember them sucking their reeds before playing, and saliva makes me feel 🤢🤢🤢