Klarinet Archive - Posting 000980.txt from 1998/07

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Plastic Reeds??
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:04:02 -0400

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>

>At the Clarinet Fest, there were plastic reeds that had been developed by
>two chemists - using polymers......and they played incredibly well. I
>purchased three Bb's and two Bass Clarinet reeds of slightly varying
>strengths.........I and another person who was with me (a terrific
>clarinetist!) tried them out for 15 minutes........at 10 bucks a pop, with
>a 6 week wait, we felt it was a good thing to pay for.
>
>I have additional info if anyone is interested.

Dr. Guy Legere will be sending me a write-up on the plastic reeds in the
near futire for posting on sneezy (along with a CAD file of a reed that I'll
translate into VRML so you can "play" with it :). Dr. Legere's email is:
legere@-----.net

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