Klarinet Archive - Posting 000322.txt from 1998/12

From: Floyd Williams <f.williams@-----.au>
Subj: [kl] Australian reeds
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 20:34:51 -0500

Graeme,
Reeds Australia are still in business and thriving.They make two premium
model reeds the Vintage and the XL.
The XL is a very good reed and deserves a try if you haven't already.
They also make a German model for export.
Their web-site is at http://www.reedaus.com.au

Regards,

Cox, Graeme wrote:
>
> When I was a kid, the best pair of football boots my parents ever bought me
> were made from kangaroo skin. They certainly had more BOUNCE ! And the
> leather was very soft compared with other boot leathers. The Australians
> have far too many kangaroos and need to do something with them. Clarinet
> pads might use up a few million if the price is right!
>
> BTW, I was once given a clarinet reed made in Australia. Are the Aussies
> still making them I wonder? If so, are they any good?
>
> Graeme Cox
> Graeme.Cox@-----.nz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edinger/Gilman [mailto:wde1@-----.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 1998 6:43 AM
> To: Klarinet list
> Subject: [kl] kangaroo skin pads
>
> The principal clarinettist in our community band suggested I try his
> instrument with my mouthpiece (we each have an Opus) and tell him what I
> thought was different. I immediately noticed it was more free-blowing
> than my own, which had a very nice pad job done recently. He went on to
> explain that there was much more uniformity in resistance/response over
> the entire range and especially in the upper registers. The secret was
> that all the pads were replaced with deerskin pads. He and another
> music professional, both with DMAs in clarinet performance, I believe,
> had been experimenting with different makes of instrument and different
> pad materials. Deerskin was best for the Opus, but Selmers and R13s
> responded better with kangaroo skin and another type which I can't
> remember at the moment. This is not a joke, it really was kangaroo skin
> they used. Has anyone else ever heard of this kind of experimenting?
> Sounds pretty wacky, but the effect was undeniable.
>
> Bill Edinger
>
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