Klarinet Archive - Posting 000101.txt from 1999/03

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] FROM LEAKY PIPES TO CLARINET REEDS
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 11:50:28 -0500

In a message dated 3/2/99 6:25:26 AM Central Standard Time, CEField@-----.com
writes:

<< 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
>>
Amen Cindy! I make my living in the computer industry, while maintaining a
busy playing schedule in two orchestras. Finding time to practice is
difficult. When would I make reeds? At 2:00 AM?

BTW, this correspondent did make his own reeds for ten years. I made some
glorious reeds. I also made quite a few stinkers. The thing out of my direct
control was the quality of the cane. When I had great cane, I made great
reeds. When I had bad or indifferent cane......... * shrug *.

I'm sure it's the same problem for the manufacturers, except they have to make
reeds constantly....good cane or bad. Does anyone know the expense of idle
equipment and workers? Payroll, utilities, rent, etc continue constantly. If
the manufacturers only made reeds of the finest cane, one reed would cost what
a box does now, or more.

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