Klarinet Archive - Posting 000981.txt from 2000/06

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] V12
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 06:38:44 -0400

At 08:09 PM 06/23/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> Today the local store had only V12 reeds in stock, so I bought some
>-- partly just to experiment. The label says that V12 is thicker. Does
>this translate into anything else besides 'stiffer'?

You might want to check the archives - there was quite a discussion begun
by George Kidder I think that dealt with V12s actually being softer than
the "regular" Vandorens. I have found this to be true.

> The V12 label also says "designed for mouthpieces with longer
>facing." The facing of B45 is 36 mm. A few mouthpieces have facings as
>short as 28 mm, and a few as long as 44 mm. So I suppose 36 mm isn't
>really "long"?

36 mm length (curve) on a mouthpiece is medium.

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

A Clarinetist's Revenge is sometimes personified by the following excerpt
from the London Daily News, circa 1926:

"The saxophone is a long metal instrument bent at both ends. It is alleged
to be musical. As regards markings, the creature has a series of tiny taps
stuck upon it, apparently at random. These taps are very sensitive: when
touched they cause the instrument to utter miserable sounds suggesting
untold agony. Sometimes it bursts into tears. At either end there is a
hole. People, sometimes for no reason at all, blow down the small end of
the saxophone which then shrieks and moans."

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