Klarinet Archive - Posting 001284.txt from 1997/10

From: "Craig E. G. Countryman" <cegc@-----.net>
Subj: Re: 4.5!!!?
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 22:48:50 -0500

Once again, sorry for the confusion on this issue. I was refering to
size and strength synonymously. I suppose strength (hardness or
softness) is the correct term, but maybe I am wrong. Can anyone
straighten us out?

Kilgore Trout wrote:
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> >On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Roger Garrett wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> >Thanks for this information. I've never heard of this before, and have
> >been playing the clarinet for over 48 years. Which manufacturers label
> >their reeds as being in different "sizes?"
> >
> >I admit that the concept is foreign to me. As I conceive of it, "size"
> >means dimensions. There are a lot of things about a reed that can be
> >measured, including density, mechanical hardness, resilience,
> thickness,
> >etc. Still, I have always been under the impression that the number on
> >the box referred to the degree of resilience of the reed, referred to
> >informally by musicians as "hardness."
> >
> >Ed Lacy
> >el2@-----.edu
> >
> >
>
> I am sure that we are all under the same understanding that when we
> speak of size, strength, hardness/softness, we are all speaking of the
> same thing correct?? Actually, Olivieri reeds are slightly longer than
> say, the normal Vandoren size. As are several other brands of reeds as
> well.
>
> KT
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