Klarinet Archive - Posting 001275.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: 4.5!!!?
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 20:01:19 -0500

Semantics.....some boxes say SIZE 2, 3, etc., others just have a number.
Size, in the way we have been referring to it, is the strength or
hardness/softenss.

Roger Garrett

On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:

> As far as I know, clarinet reeds are made in only one size. When we refer
> to reeds as being #2, 2.5, 3, etc., we are referring to the strength or
> degree of resilience of the reed, not its size. (I know that Van Doren
> and perhaps other manufacturers make reeds designed for mouthpieces with
> parallel rails and others with non-parallel rails, etc., but again these
> types are essentially the same size.)
>
> Ed Lacy
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