Klarinet Archive - Posting 000616.txt from 1997/03

From: Randolf Keller <rkeller@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: B flat reeds on E flat instruments
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 06:06:07 -0500

Would that imply that by trimming tenor sax reeds, we could get even better
Bb or A clarinet reeds?

>The further down the stalk the better the cane. Larger reeds typically have
>better quality cane.
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>At 06:04 PM 3/18/97 +0000, Roger Shilcock wrote:
>>I experimented yesterday by trimming slivers off the edge of an
>>indifferent #3 V12 B flat reed, and cutting a chunk off the butt end - the
>>difficult bit. It worked just like that - with no extra trimming - and it
>>turned out a better reed than any E flat reed I had, particularly in the
>>altissimo register. So, again, what is WRONG with E flat reeds?
>>Roger Shilcpck
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>David C. Blumberg
>Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
>reedman@-----.com
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