Klarinet Archive - Posting 000568.txt from 2000/10

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] VanDoren Reed Preparation
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:42:02 -0400

At 07:24 AM 10/11/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> Place a piece of 600 grit sandpaper with gritty side up on a
>perfectly flat surface, usually a piece of glass, and place the reed's
>back against the grit. Then you move the reed in a figure-eight motion
>in order to 'polish' the back side of the reed.

Bill,

You don't mention if you sand the entire back including the tip.

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Head, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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