Klarinet Archive - Posting 000200.txt from 1998/10

From: merlinw@-----.ca
Subj: Re: [kl] Grooves on old reeds
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 01:18:10 -0400

On 10/03/98 22:31:26 you wrote:

>They sound like Vibrators, which were quite popular with dance band sax and
>clarinet players in the 1940s. Some people thought they gave more volume
>and a bigger tone than standard reeds. In the days when the only mike was
>for the vocalist and the emcee, reed men needed to be able to blow the band
>away when they stood up for a solo. I still cherish two cracked but
>playable Brilhart Tonalin mouthpieces from that era. They degrade one's
>sound more than a little, but man, are they loud. Getting back to
>Vibrators, I decided the grooves were just a gimmick, and went back to My
>Masterpiece reeds. There's a brand I wish hadn't disappeared.

My Masterpiece is back. The lead alto player I work with most often uses them. These reeds are new ones, not NOS.

Merlin Williams
merlinw@-----.ca
http://www.netcom.ca/~merlinw
(A member of the Sax Ring!)

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