Klarinet Archive - Posting 000538.txt from 1999/02

From: Floyd Williams <f.williams@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reed Aging
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 18:45:11 -0500

In regards to reed aging,etc. I would like to share a few remarks from
an interview I conducted last week with Claude Delangle,professor of
saxophone,Paris Conservatoire):
He takes several months to break-in his reeds.He also stated that he has
concert reeds which are 2-3 years old,that he sometimes uses.
This interview will appear in the March issue of "Australian Clarinet
and Saxophone" www.infinitearts.com.au/qcass

Regards,

Roger Garrett wrote:
>
> On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Richard Bush wrote:
> > Professor Garrett really didn't answer the question of whether reeds
> > improve with additional aging. There are many opinions on this. Some
> > people recommend that after trying and rejecting a reed, it should be
> > stored away and maybe tried again a year or two down the road. As
> > mentioned in another post, a reed that might not play during a
> > particular season might work better at another time of year.
>
> Darn - I was hoping to sidestep the issue entirely. The reason I didn't
> really answer is that I have no pure factual data from which to post an
> authoritative response (whoa - that was even a bit too wordy for me).
> But, my personal experience has been that aging the reed (letting it sit
> in a cool, dry location for a period of several months to sevaral years)
> simply dries the reeds out to the point where they don't seem to respond
> well at all. Of course - the variable of how to age, when, and where are
> endless - and my experiences were simply trying reeds that were given to
> me from friends in the business of sales who had them sitting around for a
> very long time. Those that I have tried:
>
> Buffet Reeds (yup - they were made) - sealed in the box for 6 years. 200
> of them.
>
> Vandoren reeds from the 1950's (my dad had about 7 unopened boxes - all
> sealed with the cool gold tag they had back then - and those boxes were
> really elegant.
>
> Mitchell Lurie
>
> Olivieri - I still have some ten year old boxes - anyone want to buy them
> cheap? They are unopened!
> Roger Garrett
> Professor of Clarinet
> Director - Concert Band, Symphonic Winds & Titan Band
> Advisor - Recording Studio
> Illinois Wesleyan University
>
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Floyd Williams
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University

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