Klarinet Archive - Posting 000276.txt from 1996/12

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: mouthpieces..
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 10:24:46 -0500

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Robert D. Shaw wrote:

> The best reeds I have found for that mouthpiece
> > are Morees. The only place that sells them anymore is Mark's Muisc in
> > Hermitage, Pennsylvania. The only time I bought them I got them too soft. I
> > will wran you, though, that they are very expensive ($29.95 plus S&H for a b
ox
> > of 12). If you want to, give them a shot, and let me know if you find anythi
ng
> > else that works.
> >
> > Best of luck.
> >
> > Greg Baker
> > St. Cloud, MN
> > bakerg01@-----.edu
>
> Greg,
> I am very interested in trying Moree Reeds. Can you tell me how to
> contact Mark's Music?
>
Greg and everyone else,

Yes, as usual I am several days behind in the conversation. However,
Morre reeds haven't been commercially available since about 1988!! Mr.
Morre died, his equipment was destroyed (by him, as the story goes, so
that no one could copy his reeds after his death), and thus the demise of
the Morre reed. Incidentally, the VanDoren V-12 was "designed" as a Morre
substitute (I'm not saying it's a sstisfactory substitute, however). I
believe there would be more info in the archives about this, and perhaps
there are others on the list who remember better than I what happened
(like Brad "Cat Fancy" Behn). ((I love my cat more than anything else on
this earth too, Brad! She's smarter than most people I know!))

Jacqueline