Klarinet Archive - Posting 000362.txt from 1998/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Contrabass reed question
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 19:03:15 -0500

At 02:34 PM 1/7/98 -0800, Gary VanCott 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.
>
I'll bet you are right about the bass clarinet reed. It is so hard to get
good help these days! :-) For the record, I have contra reeds on my truck
(I am a music store school services rep).

>This might sound like a stupid question, but--I am a bass clarinet player
>who was just asked to play the Bb contrabass clarinet for her music group
>for one piece. My father went a music store and bought a reed for me. It
>was the exact same size as my bass clarinet reed. Aren't they supposed to
>larger? I've played the contra alto before, and the reeds were twice as
>big. Any help is appreciated.
>TB

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