Klarinet Archive - Posting 000282.txt from 1998/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Reed Tip Closing
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:19:26 -0500

At 08:03 PM 1/5/98 -0600, Roger Garrett wrote:
>I have been referred to several books, and I am beginning to think I don't
>have a leg to stand on.....so I am sitting down. I have a hard time
>swallowing it, but will probably give in. I can't say for sure that I
>know anything about it.....just hard to believe......if something was
>closing off, I would think we would notice it. However, proof is proof!
>
Don't feel bad. We are talking about some extremely rapid opening and
closing (hundreds or thousands of times/second, depending on pitch). You'd
have to be awfully sensitive to notice that!

I was thinking the other day, speculating on this business. I wonder if
the flabby tone caused by a too soft reed is because, with its limited
resistance, it does indeed spent more time closed off, and slaps the
mouthpiece too violently when it does close? Just my own theory.

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