Klarinet Archive - Posting 000349.txt from 2000/03

From: "J. Hobby" <jhobby@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Reed Knife advice, please
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 11:46:52 -0500

If you're just wanting to adjust a reed "on the fly", as opposed to making
one from scratch, may I suggest a single-edged razor blade. I've always
kept one, wrapped in the little piece of cardboard it comes with, in the
slot in the back of my case, along with a piece of plexiglass roughly twice
the size of a clarinet reed and a couple of small pieces of different grit
sandpaper. The whole package is about $5, significantly cheaper than the
$40 I saw someone else suggest for a "reed knife" and is something that has
worked for me since high school. (Of course, you can't carry razor
blades -- or knives -- to school any more in the US. <sigh>)

Another knife, not made expressly for reeds but that works well, is a
grafting knife, used by plant propagators. The blades are almost as as fine
as a craft knife, and quite sharp -- and easy to keep that way. Available
from many nursery product catalogues, and again, significantly less
expensive than the $40 figure.

Jim Hobby
(... whose distant relatives were Scots! <g>)

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> De: RGloff@-----.com>
>
> If this has been a thread that I have missed, please just direct me to
the
> klarinet archives (and how to do that). I need to replace a reed
knife that
> fell between the pit and who-knows-what's-down-in-that-dungeon. Any
advice?
> Beveled? Straight? Razor? Brands to avoid? Thank you in advance!
>
> Holly Gloff
>

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