Klarinet Archive - Posting 000990.txt from 2001/10

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] French cut reeds?
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 23:09:20 -0500

Calling all reed mavens:
I was talking to a friend who works behind the counter at "Music 'R
Us" (I won't dignify the store with its real name) and she asked me,
with my fancy-shmancy conservatory degrees, what is meant by "French
Cut" reeds. For example, Mitchell Lurie Premium reeds have a "French
File Cut" while their regular ones ostensibly don't. Well, I was
stumped. I know what GERMAN CUT reeds are but I have no idea how a
"French Cut" is different from a regular old reed, such as Rico or La
Voz, etc.
So does anyone out there have the answer? TIA, y'all.

Fred (now languishing in Raleigh, NC) Jacobowitz

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