Klarinet Archive - Posting 000530.txt from 2001/10

From: agalper <agalper@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] reeds and things
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 03:21:02 -0400

Charles Draper used a wide mouthpiece with a medium hard reed which he
never took off even when mopping up his clarinet so long as it remained
good.
He once admonished a pupil for fiddling around with his reed by
saying:"Now, my boy, how do you think you are going to get the reed back
to the same position"?

How did he wet the reed before playing? Maybe he used the method
described by Tony Pay.

I remember my own teacher Simeon Bellison told me that he kept a reed on
for the rehearsals and concerts. He didn't take it off until the week of
rehearsals and concert ended.
Then he washed the reed in tepid water and soap.

A pupil once told me that a guy in the band never took his reed off. It
got so that he could play without a ligature. Was that his solution for
ligatures?

Some teachers that I know of used to have a small vial with antiseptic
and dipped the pupil's mouthpiece in it when they wanted to try and see
what the pupil was playing.

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