Klarinet Archive - Posting 000962.txt from 2000/08

From: Feanor <feanor@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] reedmaking
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:30:00 -0400

At 08:15 AM 8/28/00 -0000, you wrote:
>klarinet Digest 28 Aug 2000 08:15:01 -0000 Issue 2499
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>Topics (messages 34435 through 34436):
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>Making reeds vs. playing
> 34435 by: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
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>Boring tools
> 34436 by: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
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>Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:09:39 -0700 (PDT)
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> Is there a reason (other than the pleasure of craftsmanship) for a
>clarinetist to make his or her own reeds -- as opposed to merely
>adjusting store-bought reeds?

Stanley Hasty taught me to make reeds during my first year at Eastman, and
I've never looked back. I have much more controll over my reeds than I
would if I were playing store-bought reeds. I highly reccommend learning
reedmaking to any serious clarinet student. Even if you end up playing
other reeds, what you learn from reedmaking is invaluable to adjusting
store-bought reeds.

Rob Dilutis makes excellent machinery for reedmaking, too.

Sean Osborn,
Clarinettist, retired,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
http://www.mp3.com/metopera/
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/4401/

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