Klarinet Archive - Posting 000165.txt from 1999/12

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] more reed questions
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 23:41:07 -0500

On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, W. Edinger wrote:

> Another aspect of reed life that's always puzzled me is why there
> seems to be a general principle (in my own experience, at least) that
> the larger the reed, the shorter the life.

My experience is just the opposite. Contrabassoon reeds last longer than
bassoon reeds, English horn reeds last longer than oboe reeds, baritone
sax reeds last longer than those for the alto, etc., etc.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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