Klarinet Archive - Posting 000325.txt from 1994/03

From: "Jay Heiser, Product Manager, Govt Systems" <jayh@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Reed talk (plastic)
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 17:35:16 -0500

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-->Subject: Re: Reed talk (Olivieri is Spanish)
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-->I thought that Oliveri(s) were made in the states, by Michael Oliveri. I
-->found that they were extremely inconsistent, and if you didn't break them
-->in very gently they died quite quickly.
I developed a taste for these in about 1978. They seemed to have a high
percentage of usable reeds, but needed to be soaked longer than other brands.
I bought some a few years ago & didn't find them particularly appealing anymore.

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-->Has there been any progress with synthetic reeds? (save those "buzzmaster"
-->plastic jobs)?
The guy I bought my bari from likes to use those plastic dipped ones.
He doesn't sound any worse on those than on a std reed. I have difficulty
imagining that they'd be acceptable on a clarinet or alto, but I've never
tried them.

I always flatten the backs of my reeds with #600 paper -- maybe that wouldn't
be necessary with the plastic-coated reeds.

Highland pipes sometimes use plastic reeds (double-reed like an oboe).
I think they sound awful. Some people think bagpipes sound
better with no reeds. ;-)
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