Klarinet Archive - Posting 000109.txt from 1995/12

From: Michael D Moors - Alpena <mdmoors@-----.US>
Subj: Re: Plastic Reeds
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 07:45:13 -0500

Neil,

I had a flavored reed show up in my band room. It was grape flavored and
it left the student's tongue grape colored. It was like she drank grape
flavored Kool-aid. I just about went "ballastic" the thought of an
entire clarinet sections with purple tongues at a concert sent "chills" down
my spine.

Mike

On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Neil Leupold wrote:

> Flavored reeds?! Ugh! At what market of players are they directed?
> Just the players who want to suck? <pun very much intended> I'm sorry,
> but the whole concept of reeds that come in flavors - much less a VARIETY
> of them - is absolutely hilarious to me! Why don't they just go the
> extra step and make them edible? "Metamucil Brand clarinet reeds - for
> that extra fiber in your diet when you need it most..."
>
> Neil.
>
> On Tue, 5 Dec 1995, Michael D Moors - Alpena wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone seen the new reeds that come in Flavors? They are called
> > FlavorReeds. They come in rasberry and other great flavors. A former
> > Rico user turned me on to them ;-)
> >
> > Mike Moors
> > mdmoors@-----.us
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 5 Dec 1995, Richard Sprecker wrote:
> >
> > > With regard to plastic reeds, I have seen only one semi-practical
> application
> > > for them. If you have to march a plastic horn for a marching bnad or
other
> > > repeditive outdoor performing, the plastic reed delivers about as good a
> > > tone as you can expect from an outdoor performance(which frequently isn't
> > > terribly terriffic) and asts(lasts even) longer against environmental
> damage.
> > > While expensive, a student in a HS marching band could do well with a
> plastic
> > > reed, just for the durability.
> > >
> >
>