Klarinet Archive - Posting 000692.txt from 2000/06

From: "L.D. Jackson" <mus_ldj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Zonda and Legere Reeds
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 18:27:20 -0400

Could you please tell me about "queen" reads?
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From: Patricia Smith <pattiesmith@-----.net>
Date: Saturday, June 17, 2000 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Zonda and Legere Reeds

>Will Ciccola wrote, re: Zonda reeds:
>"They're not quite as shrill as Vandorens in the upper register, but they
>are kind of fuzzy in the lower register."
>
>The Zonda company was generous enough to send me three boxes of free
samples
>some of the supremes, 4's and 4 and 1/2's and Classicos, 4 and 4.5's.
>I find that, compared to what I have used over the last several years
>(Queen, Oliveri, Mitchell Lurie Premium) that the Zondas are a little
>strong. However, it is also true that, past a certain point, every player
>will have to do some adjusting in order to get the type of sound s/he
>prefers in every register on a particular reed. Will, you may simply need
>to take off a little more right along the rails at the back, near where a
>score on some brands are. You may even find scoring them and cutting off
>extra bark will get rid of the fuzziness for you. Some possibilities. I
am
>sure there are others I have not thought of at the moment.
>
>
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