Klarinet Archive - Posting 001235.txt from 1998/10

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds + Studies
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 19:18:18 -0500

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Diane Karius, Ph.D. wrote:
> The Vandorens are more
> likely to need significant balancing (although I can't decide why - I
> would think their packing would be far more likely to prevent the
> warping etc... than the packing of the Zonda's or the Grand
> Concerts. I must not understand the forces acting on the reeds.).

The Vandorens undergo a stronger physical change - All of Rico's reeds,
including the GCs, are made from domestic American cane. Zondas are
Argentinian, and are relatively close. Vandorens, however, are grown in
France, aged in France, then stuck in a cargo plane/ship and transported
over a big wet spot to the US. The distance and climactic changes between
those distances tend to affect the reed.

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
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