Klarinet Archive - Posting 000086.txt from 1999/03

From: CEField@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] FROM LEAKY PIPES TO CLARINET REEDS
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 07:24:40 -0500

In a message dated 3/1/99 10:09:55 PM, you wrote:

<< The sad truth, though, is this: unless it can be downloaded
from cyerspace for free, unless it can be spoon
fed to a totally passive generation of couch potatoes, most will not
seek it out. Most will not go to a library and find it on
the shelves. And if literally handed the material, will not take the
time to learn this craft because buying a store bought
reed, whether it plays well or not, is just too damned easy.>>

I kiss the ground that Eugene Van Doren walked on. (And I think I might feel
that way soon about Guy Legere.) If I had to spend as much time learning the
craft of clarinet reed-making as my oboist friends spend making their reeds, I
would have taken up the triangle. I know you were writing in jest, but please
be careful about painting people with a broad brush. Life is BUSY and
fascinating, with many things to explore. For some of us, reed-making doesn't
fit into the equation.

Cindy

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