Klarinet Archive - Posting 001499.txt from 2000/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reed Consistency Study, 1960/70 vs 2000 vintage
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:19:13 -0500

At 07:33 AM 10/30/2000 -0500, T.Sterkel wrote:
>I just finished a reed consistency study, using freshly bought
>Vandoren Standards, and 20+ year old reeds I got gratis
>when I bought my new/old Buffet (Eb key, articulated G#...life
>is good). Here are the results. In all cases, I soaked in
>filtered water for 2 hours, then used 600 wet/dry sandpaper
>to polish the bottom and top. I then did a quick play, longer
>on those that "worked easy", quick on the "worked hard."
>(I threw away damaged reeds, they are not included in the count,
>but there were only 5-7 in the 50+ old reeds, not bad given the
>storage.)
>
>Results:
>New Vandoren 4 good 6 marginal
>Old Vandoren 10 good, 0 marginal
>Old Ciccone 16 good, 3 marginal
>Old Ricco 12 good, 2 marginal
>Old Johnson 15 good, 0 marginal
>
>ok...what is going on here?
>Discussion???

Proof that reeds do indeed improve with additional aging/storage, even
Ricos. I've been playing a stash of 30+ year-old Ciccone Symetricut 4's
myself lately and, one after another, they play just great, but I am almost
out. I picked up some Mitchell Lurie 4 1/2's that play similarly, and they
are also old (back when they came 12 to a box, instead of 10.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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