Klarinet Archive - Posting 000354.txt from 1996/09

From: Dick Walters <waltersd@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: burning reeds (not a joke)
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 07:46:21 -0400

niethamer@-----.EDU wrote:
>
> 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!!)
just your lower lip

Dick W