Klarinet Archive - Posting 000306.txt from 1994/05

From: Lisa Clayton <clayton@-----.EDU>
Subj: Tenor reeds
Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 00:23:51 -0400

>I was wondering what y'all think about using tenor sax reeds on a bass
>clarinet. I had a tenor reed that I used playtesting the school
>tenors, and just for fun decided to try that reed on my bass for band
>yesterday. It's a Rico Royal 3, never been worked on, straight out of
>the box. Anyways, I put it on and got my biggest bass sound ever!
>Used that same reed for orchestra today and my high notes in the
>Gershwin Cuban Overture came out (finally!), and my whole range had a
>whompin' big sound. Have any other bass players on here tried out
>tenor reeds on a bass cl., and what have your results been like?
>
>--Andrea, Bb bass clarinetist extraordinaire!!!

I've borrowed tenor sax reeds before, and never noticed much difference
other than they tend to be a bit shorter than bass reeds. The sound
was neither as good as the best reeds I've had, nor were they the worst.

But your email makes me truly want to experiment!

Lisa K. Clayton
San Francisco, CA
clayton@-----.edu
lisa@-----.edu
Bb bass clarinetist beginnaire! :-)

   
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