Klarinet Archive - Posting 000159.txt from 1996/09

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: reed trimmer
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 10:16:53 -0400

I personally lam amused by the reed trimmer that you burn off the tip. (would
you trust your concert reed to that?)
David C. Blumberg

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From: Klarinet - Clarinettist's Network on behalf of Edwin V. Lacy
Sent: Friday, September 13, 1996 8:50 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list KLARINET
Subject: Re: reed trimmer

On Sat, 14 Sep 1996, Linda Bakker wrote:

> It's made of two pieces of plastic, and comes with two small pieces of very
> fine sandpaper which are like stickers. It appears (from the pictures) that
> I have to stick the sandpaper to one of the pieces of plastic which is
> curved up at the end, then put the reed in the other flat bit of plastic,
> and pass the sand paper over the reed. Has anybody used one of these before,
> or does anyone know ho0w to use one? What is it actually supposed to do?

This reminds me of two guys in Texas who supposedly made a lot of money
selling a "100% Guaranteed Roach Killer." If you sent in your $5 and
ordered one, what you would get is two blocks of wood, with the following
instructions:

1. Place roach on one block of wood.
2. Smash it with the other block of wood.

This should be able to be modified to work for clarinet reeds, too! ;-)

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu