Klarinet Archive - Posting 000066.txt from 1998/07

From: "Nikki" <nikki.y@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds for Beginners
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 21:32:18 -0400

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Oh, thank you thank you thank you! You are right, but the people who say you can use a better quality mouthpiece for a better sound have a point. I was fortunate to listen to one of those people and was pleasantly surprised with the results. As for the reeds, anyone endorsing any kind of reeds can suffer especially those who promote Vandoren's!
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jay D. Webler +ADw-webler+AEA-ibm.net+AD4-
>
>+AHw-Back in my young ignorant years as a hight school clarinetist, I only used
>standard Rico Reeds. I was using
>+AHw-number 4's at the time. My mother would get them for me for 25 cents a
>piece or five for a dollar. I didn't know
>+AHw-anything about reed care other than shaving a little of the back with a
>razor blade, if it was to heavy+ADs- or having
>+AHw-my teacher clip it when it got to soft. At one time, during a tuning
>session in an All State Band, the conductor stopped
>+AHw-when I played my tuning note and said, +ACI-That's what a Clarinet should sound
>like+ACI-. I was also using a stock
>+AHw-mouthpiece. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. I did keep my mouthpiece clean
>and would not play on broken reeds.
>
>Jay,
>
>That's definately a knife in the back of those who consistantly say how you
>must buy this mouthpiece or you must use that brand of reed to get the best
>tone.
>
>Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. :-)
>
>jasonavhs+AEA-email.msn.com
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