Klarinet Archive - Posting 000355.txt from 1996/09

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: burning fingers (not a joke)
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 08:46:22 -0400

Ok,
Now, I have to ask. Doesn't the Quarter (metal-good conductor of heat) get
really hot, very quickly while holding it to burn the tip of the reed?
David Blumberg

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From: Klarinet - Clarinettist's Network on behalf of
niethamer@-----.EDU
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 1996 11:15 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list KLARINET
Subject: Re: burning reeds (not a joke)

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!!)