Klarinet Archive - Posting 000737.txt from 1995/12

From: Ken Erion <erion@-----.COM>
Subj: Single Reed Making
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 21:52:28 -0500

>You wrote:
>I am a high school student who is very frustrated with
>commercial reeds. I am interested in learning about reed
>making. I have learned a little bit about reed adjustment for
>example on commercial reeds. Do you have any suggestions of
>books to read on reed making? Do you have any other suggestions?
> Thanks.
> Julianne Kirk

Julianne,

I had to go back into the storage chest and dig out my reed making
notes. Outside of my own notes from the reed making course I took in
1972 (showing my age!) I found the following references:

I had some xerox pages on reed adjusting from: Woodwind Anthology, A
Compendium of Articles from The Instrumentalist on the Woodwind
Instruments, publish by the Instrumentalist, Evanston, Illinois.

I also made notes from the following articles although I don't know
where the articles came from:

Manual of Reed Fixing by David Bonade

Handbook for Making and Adjusting Single Reeds by Kalmen Opperman

The rest are hand written notes including detailed instructions on
cutting reeds. Perhaps I type them up some day. In the mean time, see
if you can find a copy of Opperman's handbook.

Good luck!

Ken