Klarinet Archive - Posting 000142.txt from 1997/10

From: mac720@-----.com (Matt A Cullen)
Subj: Reed Knives
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 15:10:43 -0400

Hi everyone! Well, as the subject may tell you this posting is about reed
knives. I am a High Schooler, and am in the process of buying all the
little necessary reed tools. My questions are : Is the pyne reed knife a
good knife, and are there any better? What kind of sand paper should be
used in "fine tuning" a reed? Is the cane used by the Vandoren company in
the making of reeds good cane? Is there a better quality reed that I
could make a switch to? and lastly, what other things do I need to
prepare a reed to play its best, and how do I go about doing so?
Well, there you have it, all my questions. I'd just like to say
that so far all the responses I get from my postings have been a great
help! I am so glad I found this list and signed up on it! I told one of
my friends about it, and he is wondering if there is a comparable list
for the French Horn....so if anyone knows it would be a great help to
him.! Oh one more thing, I heard some talk on Stein's embouchure, and I
was wondering where I could get information on whatever made it so
special, and how it was formed. Well, that would be all I have to ask at
this time! Bye!
Matt

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