Klarinet Archive - Posting 000773.txt from 2000/12

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:05:17 -0500

I know this is 'old hat' to experienced clarinetists, and all the
textbooks reiterate this point, but when I tried for the the first time
to soften a 'board-like' reed, I was astonished at how tiny an amount of
scraping is required to alter the reed *if* you scrape at the correct
place.
Of course, there's more than one factor at work on any particular
day (humidity, my embouchure today, etc).

I'd also like to say that Jack Brymer's book "Clarinet" has the
most meaningful diagram that I've found (pg. 118 in the paperback
edition) as to exactly which areas have which effect on a reed. His
entire discussion of reed adjusting is only 3 or 4 pages long, and it
leaves me with a sense of perspective -- namely, which things are really
important if you're just learning, and which aren't.
Once again, thank you Michael Bryant, for making the copy available
to me. If it's not out-of-print, it is certainly difficult to find.

Cheers,
Bill

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