Klarinet Archive - Posting 000089.txt from 1995/12

From: Bill Fogle <bfogle@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: changing reed conditions
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 16:35:00 -0500

I am a non-professional clarinetist and new to reading the posts of this
group. I have a comment/question that I hope may be of interest to
readers. I note that certain (but not all) of my reeds *change* playing
characteristics during a playing session. This change is sometimes very
marked, sometimes subtle. [Some reeds retain the same characteristics for
the whole practice]. I would say that the main "characteristic" is
response, but also sometimes tone emission. My suspicion is that this is
a change in the physical properties of the reed in relationship to the
mouthpiece lay during the course of practice. I would like to eliminate
or reduce this phenomenon because, well, I find it irritating during
playing. Does this happen to commonly?