Klarinet Archive - Posting 000086.txt from 1999/12

From: "David Smith" <david-patty@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Blackmaster reeds
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 19:41:54 -0500

Dear Karl,

For me, a reed has "died" when its response is not "live": it is harder to
get the overtones in my sounds and it is way too easy to sound brittle and
squeaky when playing on it. Register extremes are thin on such a reed.
One thing else I have noticed , is that, in my limited experience of male
and female single reed players, females tend to wear out reeds sooner -
given equal length of time playing on them - than males. More acidic
saliva, perhaps? it is something I'd like to hear others' ideas about, or
if anyone has actually looked into it scientifically.

Patty Smith

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