Klarinet Archive - Posting 001257.txt from 1998/10

From: CmdrHerel@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Eb reed use
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 09:25:14 -0500

In a message dated 10/28/98 8:02:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
kevinfay@-----.com writes:

<< For me, the reed is much less critical for Eb playing. Believe it or not,
I
can use just about every one out of the box. Bb/A luck is not so good.
Part of this, I think, is that I play a lot of Eb--it's my usual instrument
in the wind ensemble I play in, so that's at least on 3-hour rehearsal a
week for the last several years. (Sometimes I practice, too!) OTOH, I play
just as much on the bigger horns, but am always fiddling. >>

I play much less Eb than Bb and A, but I have found the same thing to be true
with the reeds. (I use almost all the Eb reeds in the box.) I accept this as
a nice quirk and try not to question it too much... :)

Teri Herel

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