Klarinet Archive - Posting 001197.txt from 2000/12

From: MVinquist@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Reed Narrower than Rails
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 14:52:56 -0500

On December 8, David Niethamer wrote:

> Whether it matters if the reed is *narrower* than the side rails is a
> question no one seems to be able to answer in a satisfactory way....

I've found it matters a lot. Kalmen Opperman taught me to make reeds very
slightly narrower than the outside of the side rails -- maybe the width of a
thin pencil line. You set the reed even with the edge of one rail, hold the
reed on with your thumb and give a few toots; then jog the reed a tiny bit
toward the opposite rail. As you keep going, you will hit a dramatically
more resonant position, which you hold while you put the ligature on. The
difference is not subtle.

Steve Hartman; Teri Herel -- did he show you the same thing?

Ken Shaw

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