Klarinet Archive - Posting 000489.txt from 2000/07

From: "Ed & Carol Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds (Legere)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:30:42 -0400

Tony got it.

Ed Maurey

----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Pay <Tony@-----.uk>
Subject: Re: [kl] Reeds (Legere)

> On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 20:58:14 +0100, tony-wakefield@-----.net said:
>
> > 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.
>
> Aw, c'mon Tone, give us a break.
>
> Surely it's clear, even if he's forgotten exactly what he said.
>
> He's talking about these plastic reeds by Guy Legere.
>
> The procedure, suggested by the maker, makes the reed immediately
> 'weaker', by about a quarter strength, and the weakening effect is
> slightly less the next day (the reed 'recovers' a bit) though it's still
> noticeable. The upshot is that the reed is slightly stiffer than it was
> immediately after the treatment, but not as stiff as it was before the
> treatment.
>
> Got it?
>
> Tony
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