Klarinet Archive - Posting 000763.txt from 2000/08

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stiffening up a Legere
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 07:52:24 -0400

--- "Joe M. Rankin" <jmrankin@-----.com> wrote:

> I was told by a friend that he had read dipping the reed in boiling water for
> 1 second would make it softer, the opposite of what you're saying. So, I dipped
> it. The reed went from a #4 to a #11/2 or worse. I only put the tip in very
> briefly. If you find out how to increase the stiffness, I would like to know.

Oh drat! So I have it backward? Okay then, next question: does Legere make a
4.5 strength reed? Your answer to my first question should have been, "Here's
how you stiffen up a Legere. Very carefully take a $10 bill and three 1's and
...send them to your choice of mail order warehouses with a request for a 4.5
strengh reed."

Neil

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