Klarinet Archive - Posting 000048.txt from 2001/11

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Leaving the reed on.
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 16:04:12 -0500

On Thu, 01 Nov 2001 10:18:33 -0500, sgeidel@-----.net said:

> The issue of leaving the reed on the mouthpiece for the duration of
> its usable life is a curious one. I *have* heard of this practice,
> but it has only been in the form of stories about players who do this;
> I've never personally known of anyone who manages their reeds in this
> manner. If I did know someone who did this, I would ask them the
> following question:
>
> It seems the purpose of leaving the reed on the mouthpiece is to
> preserve its ideal playing position. There is no question in my mind
> that each reed does, in fact, have an ideal playing position: we make
> slight position changes - higher, lower, left, right. However, in my
> experience, that ideal playing position changes as the reed changes.
> For example, I may find that as a particular reed ages, I might like
> to place it a little higher in relation to the tip of the mouthpiece.
> If this is true for most players (and I suspect it may be), what would
> be the point of trying to preserve an "ideal" playing position if that
> position is a moving target?

Absolutely. I agree with all of that.

Tony
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