Klarinet Archive - Posting 000542.txt from 1997/10

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: reed knife myth
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 14:53:08 -0400

I use a reed knife for all of my reed adjusting, and it works very, very
well. You won't gouge the cane if you have a really (double reed players)
sharp knife. The "tearing fibers out" are only done if you use a steak
knife to do the adjusting.
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Previous postings:
> I guess I have to pay CLOSER ATTENTION! :-) Thank you. But what the heck is
> someone going to do to an already made reed with a knife? Didn't you learn
> that scraping a reed with a knife destroys its structural integrity by
> tearing fibers out?

Uh oh, I guess I better stop using a knife then!!!! ;) No...I believe
that is a lot of hooey myself!