Klarinet Archive - Posting 000618.txt from 1999/04

From: Gary Truesdail <gtruesdail@-----.us>
Subj: [kl] Re: More on Reed Knives
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 13:26:46 -0400

One summer while playing musicals in Sacramento my co-worker, also a
woodwind doubler, spotted a chunk of 2x4 douglas fir the theater
carpenters has left in the orchestra pit. My friend had just purchased
the latest and greatest Swiss army knife and decided to try to split the
lumber. It worked, so he said lets try to make reeds out of this
stuff. Making a reed out of a piece of 2X4 became a challenge and. The
rules were you could not start on the reed before the overture and the
reed must be used to play the exit music or you had to buy a round for
the woodwind section after the show. After a few shows we both usually
had a working and usable reed. We were both using Hammerschmidts at the
time. You might be surprised at what can be done with douglas fir.

Has anyone tried other woods?

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