Klarinet Archive - Posting 000066.txt from 1999/12

From: "Diane Karius, Ph.D." <dikarius@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re:Blackmaster reeds
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 23:32:38 -0500

Michael wrote:
> Thank you very much:). I use a V12 4- I dont know if it gets any more
> specific than that *shrug*- and I definately have a hard time getting the
> notes out, but I really like the sound I get when I do... I was thinking
> about going to a softer reed. Will this help? Or will the new reed
> deteriorate as quickly as Malia said her Blackmasters did when the reed was
> relatively too small? Thanks for any input!:)

You may find you have to go to a harder reed on the Gigliotti - I
think it is a more closed mouthpiece than the 5RV (although I can't
remember the stats exactly right now and don't have them available
where I'm at). When I finally got the "right" reed strength (using
V12's) the blowing resistance _decreased_ (which I hadn't been
expecting - I was making the change because my tuning was flat and if
I heard my teacher at the time say "wow, that reed sounds soft" one
more time, I was going to go nuts).
Diane R. Karius, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
University of Health Sciences
1750 Independence Ave.
Kansas City, MO 641o6-1453
email: dikarius@-----.EDU
http://uhsweb.edu/physio

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