Klarinet Archive - Posting 000048.txt from 1996/10

From: "Fogle, Bill" <bill.fogle@-----.com>
Subj: Re: odd comment (acoustics) (fwd)
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 12:09:06 -0400

Roger---

I thought alot about J. Cohler's posting and came to
the conclusion that my reeds are not *that* firm and
my mouthpiece not too closed. My first reading of what
he wrote brought me to the (erroneous) conclusion
that he was advocating a truly "soft" reed and a very "open"
mouthpiece. Really, I think anyone who inspected my
set-up would describe it as "moderate' even though I
use a #4 reed and a tip opening of about 1.05 mm with a
long facing. I think J. Cohler's message was about
concertists using an extremely firm reed to achieve what
has been described many times as the sound that goes
to the "Back Of The Hall". ----Bill Fogle.