Klarinet Archive - Posting 000176.txt from 1996/09

From: niethamer@-----.EDU
Subj: Re: burning reeds (not a joke)
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 23:35:36 -0400

Stan Geidel wrote:

> This method of trimming reeds was taught to me by Leon
> Russianoff. As bizarre as it sounds, it works. Yes, a
> slightly blackened area remains near the tip. No, it does not
> affect the sound. (Unless, of course, you imagine in your mind
> that the sound *must* be affected, in which case YOU and YOU
> ALONE will hear a deterioration in the sound quality--everyone
> else will think the reed sounds fine.)

Does this make the reed - dare I say it? - *DARKER*?????

David Niethamer

p.s. this does work amazingly well, because it doesn't crush the reed tip
fibers the way most reed trimmers do.

David Niethamer
(another Russianoff old-timer up way past his bed time!!)