Klarinet Archive - Posting 000097.txt from 2000/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] advice on Legere Reeds
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 09:48:33 -0500

At 10:11 AM 11/30/2000 -0800, Kevin Fay wrote:
>Legeres are nice, but they are not the only usable synthetic reed. I have a
>friend who uses only Fibrecells on his Hawkins; he sounds great. There are
>at least 2 bass clarinetists here in Seattle -- 1 of them Larey McDaniel in
>the SSO -- who use Fibrecell, too, both with excellent results. Personally,
>I like them for tenor, but nothing smaller than that.
>
I keep Fibracells on a couple of mouthpieces I use for testing instruments
after repairs, etc. I find that they sound fine, but for some strange
reason play consistently FLAT, even on setups that with cane reeds are
perfectly fine. Could it be that the material just has a differrent and
slightly lower resonance frequency or something?

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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