Klarinet Archive - Posting 000764.txt from 2000/08

From: "Joe M. Rankin" <jmrankin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stiffening up a Legere
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:30:45 -0400

The Legere reeds are now available in quarter strengths.

Joe Rankin

Neil Leupold wrote:

> --- "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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