Klarinet Archive - Posting 000132.txt from 1995/12

From: "Lorne G. Buick" <mcheramy@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: Plastic Reeds
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 17:23:35 -0500

I'm going to start collecting these stories to send to Dave Barry- you
know, for his columns that begin "WE ARE NOT MAKING THIS UP. An alert
reader has informed us..."

>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..."
>>