Klarinet Archive - Posting 000146.txt from 2000/05

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] shaping reed tips (was: another half - ended at "reed adjusting in 5...
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 18:26:15 -0400

In a message dated 5/1/00 8:56:02 PM Central Daylight Time,
dnietham@-----.edu writes:

<< So, yes, certainly, experiment with all the toys, and do what works for
you. But while we're exploding myths, lets not say that "50 million
clarinetist can't be wrong" or "Famous Clarinetist XYZ clips his/her
reeds in rehearsal". There a more cockroaches than humans on this planet
- it doesn't necessarily make them a higher life form!!
>>
This is one of those topics which we could debate hotly for years and never
come to any conclusion at all.

All due respect David, and to Matra also, but my reaction was to the word
NEVER........

A better way to say this would be to say....."There are at least two
techniques for increasing resistance in a reed....Here is one reason why I
prefer using sandpaper perdendicular to the tip of the reed, rather than a
reed clipper."

Personally, I have used both techniques. I never saw a clear cut advantage
from one over the other.

I will say one thing. The commercial reed makers clip the tips of their
reeds, and probably don't sharpen/replace the cutters every four or five
reeds. :>)

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