Klarinet Archive - Posting 000357.txt from 1998/01

From: Edmund William White <ewhite@-----.us>
Subj: Re: Contrabass reed question
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 18:14:53 -0500

On Wed, 7 Jan 1998 Gary_VanCott@-----.com wrote:

>
> I'll bet they either didn't believe your father and sold him a bass
> clarinet reed instead or had no idea what a contrabass clarinet is and
> thought he meant a bass clarinet. What percentage of music stores even have
> contrabass reeds? Can't be high.
>
> Gary
> Las Vegas, NV
>
>
I use bass sax reeds for contrabass, and bari sax reeds for
contralto (or contrabass, if I'm using the Leblanc instrument). They are
much more common than reeds made specifically for the clarinets.

Ed White