Klarinet Archive - Posting 000657.txt from 2000/01

From: BEresman@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] eb soprano
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 09:17:07 -0500

David Niethamer suggested:

>Also, a great suggestion I got from a pro Eb player who once frequented
>this list was to use the Steuer reeds, available from Muncy (and maybe
>elsewhere. Not quite as wide as Bb reeds, not quite as narrow as Eb
>reeds...*just right* ;-) the vamp is also cut a little shorter, so it
>matches up to the facing of many Eb mpcs pretty nicely. You still have to
>cut the bottom 2-3 mm off the reed, and the Steuers are tres excpensif,
>but it worked for me in an Eb emergency (Ravel Piano Concerto, colleague
>on maternity leave!)

I would suggest that you get the German cut Steuers. The French cut are as
wide as most other Bb reeds and will be very wide on most Eb mouthpieces.
The German cut are narrower and should work quite nicely. Great reeds, too
(for me, anyway...!)

Brent Eresman
YSI Precision Temperature

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