Klarinet Archive - Posting 000333.txt from 1996/10

From: Starr Schaftel Wayne <starrs@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: I think it may be time...
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 18:20:19 -0400

Richard Johnson wrote:
>
> On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Benjamin Maas wrote:
> >
> > As for Mitchell Lurie: He generally makes his own reeds. The reed that he
> > used to make the Brahms and Mozart recordings is still in occasional use.
> > He finds that a good hand-made reed can last a really long time.
> >
> > Ben
> >
>
> I don't doubt he makes his own. I expect so do Mr. Vand Doren and Mr. La
> Voz. I just found it an absurd thought that Mr. Lurie would find a Van
> Doren reed superior to his own handmade one.
> > --
> Rick

Hello everyone,

Mitchell told me that he designed his reeds for people who
wanted consistency, people who didn't want to have to go
through a whole box of reeds to find the "one good reed". He
acknowledged that his prepackaged reeds didn't play like
"vandorens"(what he mean't by that, I'm not sure). I do know
that a lot of his students played vandorens, and he had no
problem with that whatsoever.

Best Regards,
Starr Schaftel Wayne