Klarinet Archive - Posting 001365.txt from 1998/10

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:Grand Concert reed myth - FACTS
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 15:37:11 -0500

On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, David C. Blumberg wrote:
> "The cane for Grand Concert Select clarinet reeds come primarily from our
> cane plantations in France. In some extreme cases, choice cane is taken
<snip>
> The above was sent to me by one of the heads of the Grand Concert Reed. I'm
> dispelling the myth about the cane being US grown. Those are the facts.

There is a notorious and familiar *pop* heard everywhere, as it has been
heard in the past - it is the sound of Shouryu pulling his foot from his
mouth.

"Mmfrmmfrnmrrm."

I was mistaken - I was quite certain that all Ricos were domestic, but it
appears in the case of the Grand Concerts, I was incorrect. However, I am
still quite certain that Ricos, Royals, and Luries (and I think Hemke's,
too) are grown from American cane.

(And again, I never said American cane was inferior). ^_^

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