Klarinet Archive - Posting 000704.txt from 2000/04

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] another half
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 04:30:30 -0400

You're sanding across the grain when you do this. I've found it virtually
impossible to end up with a smooth tip.
Roger S.

On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 SoulClarinetAdam@-----.com wrote:

> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:08:10 EDT
> From: SoulClarinetAdam@-----.com
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] another half
>
> In a message dated 4/14/2000 5:59:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> leupold_1@-----.com writes:
>
> << Invest in a reed trimmer and practice adjusting these reeds
> to the desired resistance and responsiveness (?).
> >>
> I was talking with my teacher a while back about reed clippers and what to do
> with soft reeds. She recomended me NOT to get a reed trimmer and she
> explained to me that the fibers in your reed are pinched together when you
> use a trimmer thus you loose a reed that could have been better. She
> recomened me to take sand paper and lightly remove some of the tip of the
> reed off then adjust the reed a little bit. Does anyone else go by this rule?
> Adam
>
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