Klarinet Archive - Posting 000488.txt from 2000/07

From: "Ed & Carol Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds (Legere)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:29:04 -0400

It works only with Legere reeds. Their composition is totally different for
all othe other reeds, real or fake.

Ed Maurey
----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Wakefield <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Reeds (Legere)

> Ed and Carol,
> Look at the last word you used, - at the bottom of the page. It is the
word
> <stiffer>.
> Am I going loony or are you? Will this process work with <all> reeds? And
> are you talking about cane
> or plastic i.e. synthetic reeds? Sorry to be so precise, but to use the
word
> <stiffer> is surely incorrect?
> Best Wishes,
> Tony W.
>
>
> > Tony,
> > I never used the word "stiffer." The process I described will change a
4
> to
> > a 3.75 or a 3.25 to a 3. Subsequent one second dippings will further
> > weaken the reeds in quarter strength increments. If you don't believe
me
> > ask Guy.
>
> > > Ed & Carol,
> > > How can you advise that this method makes reeds <weaker>, then say
that
> > > they become stiffer? Surely this is a contradiction?
> > > Tony W.
>
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Ed & Carol Maurey <edsshop@-----.ca>
> > > To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> > > Sent: 13 July 2000 00:55
> > > Subject: Re: [kl] Reeds (Legere)
>
> The next day the reed will be very slightly stiffer.
>
>
>
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