Klarinet Archive - Posting 000384.txt from 1995/12

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: bleach/reeds
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 17:07:37 -0500

Teri Herel wrote:
>Ceremoniously drop them on the floor & squash them with your foot.

Marcel Tabuteau (long-time principal oboe, Boston Symphony Orchestra),
would do this to his students during lessons...

Student: "I found a _really_ good reed today, Mr. Tabuteau!" the student
would boast.

Tabuteau: "Really? Let me see it for a moment."

The student would naively hand it over, only to watch in utter horror as
Tabuteau rammed the reed in one swift motion, tip first, into the nearest
wall or music stand, thereby completely destroying it.

Tabuteau: "Now put on one of your crappy reeds and make it sound as if it
were a good one."

I prefer Tabuteau's method of destroying reeds, but I'd hate to have a
teacher do that to one of my good ones!

Neil.