Klarinet Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 1999/10

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet Reed shelf life, storage
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 04:34:39 -0400

On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 LeliaLoban@-----.com wrote:

> Two packages of "Vibrator" alto sax reeds came in the case with a
> clarinet from a flea market. These are the obsolete reeds with the
> parallel grooves cut down the bark.
> [.....]
> I was curious about Vibrators, having found individual used ones on
> old mouthpieces. I broke in some of these "new old stock" Vibrators
> and was most disappointed. They gave a harsh, screeching tone, with
> lots of squeak trouble, on every sax mouthpiece I tried.

Those were the characteristics of Vibrator reeds, even when they were new.
I never found or heard of a good one. I don't know how they achieved such
an amazing consistency - consistently bad, that is.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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