Klarinet Archive - Posting 000779.txt from 1998/11

From: "J. Michael Norsworthy" <mnorswor@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] re:3 mm reed heel
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 08:35:39 -0500

Most of the "thick blank" reeds such as Vand. V-12, Rico G.C. Thick
Blank, Glotin "GAIA" and such are all 3mm thick, thus the term.

All the best,
Michael Norsworthy
mnorswor@-----.edu

On Friday, November 20, 1998 7:04 AM, David C. Blumberg
[SMTP:reedman@-----.com] wrote:
> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:34:47 +0900
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> From: "Hiroshi Nagatsuma" <hiroshi@-----.jp>
> Subject: Two specific questions on reeds
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> I have a specific question about reeds:reed-heel thickness.
> French clarinettiste Guy Danguin saids in his book that standard reed
> heel
> thickness is 2.8 mm(0.1102") but that if its thickness bemes 3mm
> (0.1181")
> the tones become more rounder. Dit anyone experience this phenomena
> actually? Do anyone know any commercialy available reeds which have
> heel
> thickness larger than 2.8mm?
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> I measured some Grand Concert Thick Blank reeds, and they were 3mm.
> There
> you go.
> David Blumberg
> reedman@-----.com
> http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html
> http://members.aol.com/cwindz/galper.html
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