Klarinet Archive - Posting 000069.txt from 2001/11

From: lubydjackson@-----. Jackson)
Subj: Re: [kl] Leaving the reed on.
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 23:03:03 -0500

No, I don't share myself with anyone so I couldn't have gotten it from
another person. I even have a cleft in my throat until this day from that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavin Rebetzke" <GRebetzke@-----.au>
Subject: RE: [kl] Leaving the reed on.

> From my limited knowledge of microbiology, it must have been a very rare
> virus indeed to survive on a reed, no matter how disgusting the reed was.
> You most likely contracted your viral illness from some other source.
Gavin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lubydjackson@-----.net]
> Sent: Friday, 2 November 2001 5:37 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Leaving the reed on.
>
>
> Adding to what you're saying, I do recount some small black fuzz growing
on
> my reeds once or twice. After playing this doomed reed, I contracted a
rare
> virus which sent me reeling for about two years.
>
> I said all of that to say that one must really know their reeds before
> practicing these things.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Geidel" <sgeidel@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 9:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Leaving the reed on.
>
>
> > 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?
> >
> > Stan Geidel
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
> > To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 9:59 AM
> > Subject: [kl] Leaving the reed on.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tony Pay has brought to our attention the oboists` idea of dipping the
> > reed
> > > (clarinet reed) into a little water as opposed to wetting it with our
> own
> > > saliva. He also lets us know that one or two American(?)
clarinetittists
> > > have been known to leave the reed on the mouthpiece for the life
> > duration(?)
> > > of the reed.
> > >
> > > I have noticed positive and immediate response using this method, but
> > would
> > > ask this: if the reed is left on, it must surely create some kind of
> > dilemma
> > > in how to blow in brand new reeds for playing on the mouthpiece
already
> in
> > > use. Unless one has an identical mouthpiece, and even with this way,
> then
> > > leaving the reed on, can surely only cause a <faster> degeneration of
> the
> > > reed, due to digested food particles building up on the inside surface
> of
> >
> > > reed, and will also surely shorten the useful life of the M/P as
> deposits
> > > build up, and harden, without cleaning. I have mentioned before that
> > taking
> > > the reed off (to clean) and replacing it correctly and accurately to
> > within
> > > a couple of thousandths of an inch should not interfere at all in the
> > > continuing good performance of the reed, (experienced players will be
> able
> > > to do this to within 1000th of an inch). Indeed it should, with
positive
> > > results enhance the life and performance of the reed, as it is being
> cared
> > > for, as opposed to neglected if left on.
> > >
> > > There are of course the obvious health hazards too, if one leaves the
> reed
> > > on all the time.
> > >
> > > I`d be interested to hear further views.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Tony W.
> > >
> > >
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