Klarinet Archive - Posting 000617.txt from 2001/11

From: "Jennifer" <jen1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] reeds (synthetic or not)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:42:16 -0500

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From: "denis blion" <denis.blion@-----.fr>
Subject: [kl] reeds (synthetic or not)

>
> Did somebody hear about synthetic reeds? I bought one yesterday made in
> germany.
>
> I think it is a little too hard and needs to be modified, but it sounds
not
> so bad...
>
> This reed is a little bit porous nearly like cane, it has a weaved
structure
> which (I presume) is supposed to behave like cane's fibers.
>
> It seems to lack of 'acoustic projection', but it sounds like 'clarinet'
and
> I find it surprising (especialy compared with 'plasticover reeds', which
are
> terrible to my mind).
>
> I'll continue to play this read to have a better and more objective
> sensations, I don't trust the first ones.
>
> Yesterday I tested an other synthetic reed (an american one but I didn't
> note the mark) without fibers. The sound haden't the same quality.
>
> I never tested Legere reeds. Did someone?
>
> I think a lot of progress have be done in synthetic reeds, and they are
not
> so far as giving a solution to the clarinet's nigthmare (10 years to
wait?)
>
> After this experiment, I have to confess I even enjoyed to play again with
a
> good old cane reed ;-)...
>
> hahaha I haven't heard of synthetic reeds.. man i don't know nothin..
hehehe i've just played for 3 years.. on 4th... I just stuck with La Voz lol
thats good enough..... sounds interesting though...
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