Klarinet Archive - Posting 000205.txt from 1994/12

From: "David B. Niethamer" <NIETHAMER@-----.BITNET>
Subj: Re: Practice Reeds
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 1994 21:19:04 -0500

On Sat, 10 Dec 1994, Christopher Avery u wrote:

> I saw
> something in a posting by Steven Klimowski that disturbed me a little.
> (December 10th) He had mentioned the concept of "practice reeds". Well,
> from my experience as a person learning the clarinet
> I've toyed with the concept of a practice reed. The conclusion I've
> drawn is that there should be no such thing.
>
I have "practice reeds" and "concert reeds", because there's no way I'm
going to use my Daphnis or Nielsen reed to practice scales (or for that
matter, play back-up in an All-Star Pops concert). Sure, they still have
to be good reeds to do those things, but one's reed use has to be
somewhat organized to do a concert or two a week and not go crazy.

David Niethamer