Klarinet Archive - Posting 000220.txt from 2001/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mouthpieces and reed longevity
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 04:43:19 -0400

At 04:54 PM 9/6/2001 +0100, Tony W. wrote:

>Tony Pay says:
>
>06 September 2001 13:28
>Subject: Re: [kl] Mouthpieces and reed longevity
>
> > Well, cane is wood:-)
>
>What`s the smile for Tony, Cane is not wood, it`s grass. Apart from this
>statement, everything else in your mail fits very nicely into place re
>tweaking up reeds with a little bending. It is probably <because> reed is
>grass, (we see all kinds of basket weaving etc where the material used
>becomes permanently 'bent' to take up the shape of what is being made) that
>a new slightly 'forced' shape does not damage the reed too much, also
>creating the new shape to keep it`s vibrations alive. It is this pliability
>then, (it has more tolerance than wood, which if bent would more than likely
>break)
>that is indeed so advantageous. One wonders if this telephone card trick can
>be applied to the plastic reed also. Unfortunately I cannot test this as I
>don`t have a - telephone card, :<)

I have successfully performed similar maneuvers upon a Legere reed.

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