Klarinet Archive - Posting 000877.txt from 1998/01

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Reed rush vs sand paper-reed knives?
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:07:36 -0500

Ahhhh........relief from a fellow knife user!

But, while I use a reed knife for the adjustment, I use 320 grit sandpaper
(little squares of it) on a wet reed to smooth the scrape of the knife.
The knife can pinpoint to the milimeter, the exact place the cane needs to
be removed from. I have had students give me amazed looks when, after
scraping so little off of a specific point on the reed, their reed plays
beautifully. I have also had students throw up their hands after I ruined
their reed. Oh well.

Roger Garrett
IWU

On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, J & K Morgan wrote:

> Does any body use reed knives rather than rush and sandpaper? This seems to work
> fine once I learned how to use the knife properly.
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