Klarinet Archive - Posting 000618.txt from 1997/03

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: B flat reeds on E flat instruments
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 08:07:38 -0500

Only if you could get the dimensions correctly.

At 08:06 PM 3/19/97 +0900, Randolf Keller wrote:
>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.
>>
>>
>>
>>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
>>>
>>>
>>David C. Blumberg
>>Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
>>reedman@-----.com
>>
>>
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