Klarinet Archive - Posting 000068.txt from 1999/12

From: "J & K Morgan" <morgan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re:Blackmaster reeds
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 00:29:09 -0500

I play 4 VD reed up from a 3.5 when I switched to a Gigliotti mpc.
I find I have to support more with a harder reed but the response
and tone is worth.

By the way, #4 Legere reed works well too.

FWIW

John Morgan

> 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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