Klarinet Archive - Posting 000419.txt from 1995/12

From: "LUCY M. JILKA" <ljilka@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: bleach/reeds
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 12:51:51 -0500

On Fri, 15 Dec 1995, Bob Yoon wrote:

> My old high school jazz ensemble's sax/reeds section would eat dead reeds in
> a very conspicuous manner. Hemke and Queen clarinet reeds always tasted the
> best while Vandoren V-12 and Ricos tasted the worst. No correlation between
> taste and quality of reed.
>
> Bob Yoon
>
Hmm... Maybe they at least would've appreciated the flavored reeds.