Klarinet Archive - Posting 000858.txt from 2000/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Life
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 23:22:40 -0500

At 09:55 PM 1/25/2000 -0600, Dee Hays wrote:
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausman@-----.com>
...Either that, or you buy Vandoren reeds, which are always
>> packaged in a range. Example: a box of Vandoren 3's will BY DESIGN have a
>> selection of reeds measuring from 2.6 to 3.4, to make sure that a couple of
>> them are the EXACT strength that works best for you. The rest can either
>> be filed or trimmed to work.
>>
>I've never experienced *that much* spread. Plus or minus 1/4 strength
>perhaps (i.e.. a box of 3s running from 2.75 to 3.25) but not plus or minus
>nearly 1/2. That would mean the difference strengths have a significant
>overlap and that wouldn't make economic sense and its not practical for the
>player.
>
I don't know. If what you really want is 2.6, boxes of 2 1/2's and 3's
will both have some of what you need, but the 3's will probably be easier
to work DOWN to 2.6 than the weaker ones will be to trim UP to 2.6. I just
get frustrated by people (not all kids, either) who come into the store to
buy ONE Vandoren reed. You really don't know what you are going to get
that way!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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