Klarinet Archive - Posting 000874.txt from 2000/04

From: "Ed & Carol Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cutting Reeds
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 07:51:04 -0400

Andrea,
Your post reminded me that when I was a kid in the 50's I was taught a
similar technique for burning reed tips. This was in Indianapolis, a place
with very few Italians. Thanks for reminding me. It's amazing what we
forget!

Your English writing is very comprehensible. Your errors are minor in the
extreme.

Ed Maurey
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrea Bergamin <a.bergamin@-----.it>
Subject: Re: [kl] Cutting Reeds

> There's an old system in Italy to cut reeds. It isn't "professional" but
it
> is still used in many bands by the oldest player.
>
> You have to take a coin (we use italic Lit.200) and put it on the tip of
> reed. Now you have the arc of the tip and, beneath, the coin reproducing
the
> arc at the distance you want to cut the reed.
> Then you have to take a lighter or a candle and burn the tip of the red
> using the coin as "shield" for the part that should remain integral. When
it
> is burned you can remove it whit the finger and the reed is cut or
"burnt".
>
> I've used it several times and it works whit some reed and some not.
>
> CIAO
>
> (Since I'd like to improve my English, is there anybody who had like to
> "correct" privately my messages?)
>
>
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