Klarinet Archive - Posting 000202.txt from 2002/03

From: Lucienne <lucienne@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reed question
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 20:43:48 -0500

Where do I go about getting a reed trimmer?
and one of those ultra cool reed razor/knife ?
thanks
Lucienne

At 05:20 PM 3/12/02 -0600, you wrote:
>I used Mitchell Lurie's for my entire clarinet life, and I finally
>switched to Vandoren's this year, my first year in college. I was on a
>ML 4.5 and I went to Vandoren 3's and then 3.5's... I just used my reed
>trimmer on those that were too soft and really worked the harder ones...
>it took some getting used to, but after a while I found that I like that
>better than just popping one out of the box. Working the reeds more
>gives them more of a custom feel and once you get used to it it doesn't
>take long to know how you want them... I'd go with Vandoren's.... good
>luck!
>
>Rachel
>
>On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 18:11:39 EST WaveMaster516@-----.com writes:
> > Hello. I need another kind of reed. Right now I play on Mitchell
> > Luries
> > (4.5). I tried Vandoren, but they were too unreliable and you had to
> > put too
> > much effort into it to get a better sound. Mitchell Luries were nice
> > becuase
> > even on a 4.5, you don't have to try to hard for a good tone, so you
> > can
> > focus on other things like the notes on the page. and then there is
> > Rico. I
> > only played on them for the first year of my clarinet life. And most
> >
> > importantly (for me) I need a reed that will offer enough control on
> > the high
> >
> > notes, like high D (3rd octave). The Mitchell Luries don't really
> > offer that.
> >
> > What other good reed companies are out there? Maybe if I tried a ML
> > 5 I would
> >
> > be happy...
> > Derek
> >
> >
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>Always,
>Rachel
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