Klarinet Archive - Posting 000061.txt from 2001/11

From: Alexander Brash <mactrek@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Leaving the reed on.
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 19:54:05 -0500

lol!
an amusing anecdote. I too don't leave reed on unless I'm in a big rush
or something. I'm actually a "wet reed" person, I soak them in water for
awhile before i play. With new cane about 5 minutes...more time as the cane
gets older and less absorbent.

~Alexander

> From: Gavin Rebetzke <GRebetzke@-----.au>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:29:25 +1000
> To: "'klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: RE: [kl] Leaving the reed on.
>
> When I was in fourth or fifth grade, I used to leave my reed on all the
> time. In fact I used to leave my clarinet (plastic yamaha) together during
> the week until I had to pack it to take it to school. I remember, though,
> that there was a massed school bands concert at the local civic centre for
> something like year of the kids. When it came to play, I couldn't get a
> sound out of the clarinet. I felt terrible. I had to sit there and
> pretend to play. I felt such a fraud. I went up to my teacher (a
> trombonist!) back stage as soon as I got off and tearfully asked him what
> was wrong. He took one look and said my reed was rotten! Well, no one told
> me reeds could go rotten! I was livid! So let this be a lesson for us all;
> like underwear, reeds do need to be changed (at the very least, from time to
> time!) Gavin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Krelove [mailto:kkrelove@-----.com]
> Sent: Friday, 2 November 2001 7:46 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] Leaving the reed on.
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tony Pay [mailto:Tony@-----.uk]
>> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 1:19 PM
>>
>> Seriously though, you'll have to ask the guy who *never* took his reed
>> off what he did about that. It wasn't me.
>>
> That may be hard - I don't remember if it was Bellison or not, but I do
> think I remember that whoever it was is dead. So we may need to solicit a
> more current testimonial.
>
> :-)
>
> Karl Krelove
>
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