Klarinet Archive - Posting 001292.txt from 1997/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: 4.5!!!?
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 05:42:19 -0500

At 06:09 PM 10/27/97 -0600, 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.
>
That's it! The whole reed strength issue is based on the "Mine is bigger
than yours" principle. If Tim Allen was a clarinettist, he'd be playing
10's! ;-)

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