Klarinet Archive - Posting 000988.txt from 2000/12

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 05:18:40 -0500

If the reed tip at the ends of its curve is well away from the mouthpiece tip,
though, there is a danger of air leaking into the mouthpiece
and affecting the tone, it seems to me. SOmetimes it actually happens,
frequently it doesn't.
Roger S.

In message <5d.4ba53ce.277053d3@-----.org writes:
> In a message dated 12/18/00 9:12:09 PM Central Standard Time,
> dnietham@-----.edu writes:
>
> << And obviously you have too much faith in the care of the reed and
> mouthpiece manufacturers! I don't see how a reed manufacturer could keep
> accurate control of the shapes of reed blanks or their tips, even if they
> tried, and I don't think they do. The interesting thing to me is that
> Vandoren mouthpieces have a much flatter curve at the tip than the
> Vandoren reeds do! It isn't even close, in my experience. If there is
> some sort of purpose, it must be sadistic!! ;-) >>
>
> It's very simple, really. The guys who make the reeds don't talk to the guys
> that make the mouthpieces. It happens in industry all the time.
>
> Tongue back out of cheek, it really doesn't matter that much. Any mouthpiece
> worth its salt has tip and side rails that measure anywhere from 1/2 to a
> full millimeter. As long as a portion of the vibrating reeds can vibrate
> against this "flat" tip area, the mouthpiece will work.
>
> That's why your "square-tipped" reeds will vibrate, David. I have had much
> the same experience.
>
> Way back when, I used to worry about the reed tip curve matching the
> mouthpiece tip curve. In my experience as a reed maker and adjuster, and as a
> mouthpiece technician, this is one measurement that does not have as critical
> an effect as many others.
>
> Walter Grabner
> www.clarinetxpress.com
>
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