Klarinet Archive - Posting 000164.txt from 1997/04

From: Fernando Silveira <fersilv@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Grand Concert Reeds
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 11:54:40 -0500

Harlan, I have old reeds a lot here in Brazil. If you want I can
send it to you. Some of them are 10 years old...
What do you think????

Cheers(only a Joke)

Fernando Silveira
Principal Clarinet - National Symphony - Brazil
Chamber Music Professor - Rio de Janeiro Federal University

At 10:17 04/04/97 -0600, you wrote:
>**Silly tangent alert!**
>
>Jerry Korten writes:
>>Actually, we are talking about a product of nature, which is bound to change
>>with the vintage, location and particular plant. Just like wine...
>
>There was an article on CBC yesterday about Stradavarius violins (an
>undergrad at Juliard had won a competition that allowed him to use a Strad
>for several years in his studies there) that got me thinking. (Dangerous, I
>know.)
>
>So, what if reeds were like violins? What if _ALL_ of the best reeds were
>made by some guy hundreds of years ago, and modern technology still couldn't
>reproduce them? What if your reputation as a Clarinetist would instantly
>soar if you played on one of these reeds?
>
> -Harlan (who suspects people have been putting LSD on his reeds...)
>
>

   
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