Klarinet Archive - Posting 000409.txt from 1998/02

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: IT'S A FACT (1)
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 04:52:59 -0500

On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, Roger Garrett wrote:

> On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Neil Leupold wrote:
> > In other words, a question: what are the facts concerning the
> > relationship between reed vibration and the relative width of
> > the tip and side rails? What if the reed tip is not rounded
> > off at the corners and is, rather, left with square edges
> > and sort of pokes out the sides beyond the tip rail? What
> > if the right & left sides of the tip are rounded off, and then
> > only the middle portion of the tip is even with the tip rail
> > of the mouthpiece? Facts, anybody?
>
> The reed tip should be the same shape and width as the mouthpiece tip.

This response is not a fact, it's a prescriptive statement.
Why "should" the reed tip be the same shape and width as the
mouthpiece tip?

Neil

   
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