Klarinet Archive - Posting 000065.txt from 1998/08

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reed question
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 09:06:47 -0400

Not necessarily equivalent --- stiffer reeds quite often have closer
grain, and this matters - esp. with bass clar reeds, surely?
Roger Shilcock

On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 08:39:11 -0400
> From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Reed question
>
> At 11:03 PM 7/31/98 -0700, Matt Palasik wrote:
> >well it all depends on the type of reed too. But try a 3 or 3.5
> >vandoran and if its too hard sand the table of the reed with 600 grit
> >sandpaper to soften it
> >
> So THAT'S what you stiff-reed guys do -- buy 5's and SAND THEM DOWN to 2
> 1/2's! Wouldn't it be easier to just buy a box of 5's, throw the reeds
> away (or shingle the roof with them), and fill the box with reeds that can
> actually be played? :-)
>
>
>
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> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
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