Klarinet Archive - Posting 000087.txt from 2001/11

From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.us>
Subj: RE: [kl] How to make your reeds work
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 07:58:07 -0500

And it won't make you sick either! ;>D

Nancy

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From: Tony@-----.uk]
Subject: Re: [kl] How to make your reeds work

On Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:09:21 -0600 , el2@-----.edu said:

> We have had much conflicting advice about how to treat reeds to obtain
> maximum performance capabilities. However, I'm going to give you the
> six secret steps for treating reeds which will cause playing the
> clarinet to be so much more fun than you have ever experienced!
>
> 1. Place all your reeds in a small brown paper bag. (Plastic won't
> do - the reeds can't breathe.)
>
> 2. Take them to a cemetery at midnight on the night of a full moon.
>
> 3. Sprinkle the bag with a concoction of dried and powdered bat's
> wings and lizard tails.
>
> 4. Recite an appropriate incantation, or read a few passages from
> either Keith Stein's "The Art of Clarinet Playing" or William
> Stubbins' "The Art of Clarinetistry." (But don't read from both of
> them - your reeds will become hopelessly confused, and so will you.)
>
> 5. Throw the bag of reeds into a convenient open grave, and run away
> as fast as you can, never looking back.
>
> 6. Go home, find some other reed, and practice several hours.
>
> I'm sure you'll notice immediate improvement in your playing!

Absolutely. I agree with all of that.

Tony
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