Klarinet Archive - Posting 000358.txt from 1996/09

From: Stan Geidel <sgeidel@-----.NET>
Subj: "burning" reeds
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 12:24:00 -0400

At 12:46 PM 9/15/96 UT, you wrote:
>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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Yes. I used to hold the quarter with a piece of cloth to protect my fingers.
Why not give this method of reed trimming a try--it really works quite well.

Stan Geidel
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