Klarinet Archive - Posting 000732.txt from 1998/11

From: sls2t@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Double rip embouchure
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:10:28 -0500

Hey,
I'm doing a little research on homemade reeds. My new teacher
makes his own and gave me a few books with instructions to get me
started...these books date back to the fiftys and I was wondering if
anybody A) makes their own reds and how they like them and B) is it
possible to learn from a book, or should I just keep pestering teachers to
show me? Some teachers, like my old one, still live and die by Vandoren
V-12 #4, but for me they're gutless and only last a few days at
best...What opinions have you all formulated concerning homemade reeds?
Are there good instruction books out there? Is it worth the time to make
them? (I spend a lot of time already just breaking in and balancing the
vandorens.) Opinions on reeds are just as diverse and subjective as the
people who have them (all of us) so keep the replies free of opinions and
more on what ya'll consider to be some "known" facts or observations.

Thanks,
Eric Hatch, USU

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