Klarinet Archive - Posting 000415.txt from 1996/11

From: Derek Grice <dr_grice@-----.AU>
Subj: Re: Vandoren reeds (fwd)
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 13:50:44 -0500

>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 19:13:54 CST6CDT
>From: KIMBERLY L. RIECK <KRIECK%STUDENT.UWSUPER.EDU@-----.UK>
>To: Multiple recipients of list KLARINET <KLARINET=VCCSCENT>
>Subject: Re: Vandoren reeds
>
>> I have been through the reed knife (useless for tip work), X-acto
>> knife (great but encourages gouging and overworking or "spotting"
>> and hence uneven voicing), and presently have returned to fine
>> sandpaper. I feel the fine sandpaper allows me to *preserve
>> the manufacturer's slope*. Thoughts? ----Bill Fogle.
>
>(I'm putting my two cents into the cause now)
>My intructor told me to never use sandpaper because it leaves
>unwanted residue on the reed.
>I was a frequent sandpaper user myself until he told me this.
>bye
>Kimberly Rieck
>UW-Superior
>
>This residue - can't you blow it off?? I use very fine emery paper all
>the time. There does sometimes seem to be a "clogging" effect (but not on
>bass reeds), but this can be remedied. Blow on the reed surface or wipe
>it - carefully.
>Roger Shilcock

Why don't you all use reed rush? it doesn't leave residue, it is cheap, it is
easy to use and not easy to take a heap off at once.

Derek Grice
Australia

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