Klarinet Archive - Posting 000125.txt from 2001/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Leaving the reed on.
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 21:32:14 -0500

At 04:37 PM 11/2/2001 -0600, Luby D. Jackson wrote:
>Is there any way to hold up reeds fresh out of the box and tell which are
>good and which are bad? I do remember something like this back in college.

You hold them up to the light and look, I believe, for a symmetrical reed
with a well-defined heart. I cannot say that I've necessarily found this
method especially useful, though. Beautiful-looking reeds can still play
lousy and vice-versa.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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