Klarinet Archive - Posting 000706.txt from 1998/01

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: reeds
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 00:21:50 -0500

On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Amanda wrote:

> Reed rush is the supreme, utmost important object to have when working
> reeds. Just a few swipes of the reed to shave it down and magically,
> its a good reed. Shame on you for throwing reeds away!

To quote the old song, "anything you can do, I can do better." No, that's
not right, what I mean is, "anything you can do to your reeds with Dutch
rush, I can do to mine with silicon carbide paper." ;-) Or, is it your
position that there is some secret, magic potion in the Dutch rush which
imparts superior playing characteristics to a reed?

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu