Klarinet Archive - Posting 000477.txt from 2002/03

From: Clarguy3@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Reed materials, and a recital in Richmond
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:44:54 -0500

I've read this string (from a long time ago, I think) with amusement. I too=
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have made reeds from materials other than Arundo Donax--including pine. Pin=
e=20
is the ultimate mushy material--made a terrible reed, but worse than=20
that--the taste would gag a cockroach!--bitter. Made them with a reed-du-al=
,=20
by the way--so from the splitting and flattening to the final product isn't=20
more than about 15 minutes.

Chuck West

By the way--anyone in the Richmond VA area who wants to hear some of Michael=
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Garson's new pieces (written for Eddie Daniels), might drop by a faculty=20
recital at VCU this Thursday the 21st at 8. It's Charles Staples, Jim Wilso=
n=20
and myself--Debussy, Schubert Arpeggione and the Brahms op. 114 trio. =20

In a message dated 3/18/02 7:18:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, w6w@-----.net=20
writes:

<< > Tim=A0Roberts wrote:
The set designers had left lots of spare pine two-by-fours in the pit
area. The two clarinetists eventually started a challenge amongst
themselves: they would peel off a chunk of a two- by-four during the
overture and start to work on it with reed knives; if they could
successfully play the final applause music with a reed constructed from
that chunk, they won the bet for that night.=20
=20
=20
=20
That's hilarious, Tim. I've worked for about 30 minutes (total) on my
tongue depressor. I'm not going to buy a book, but clearly there must
be some way to split or otherwise cut into the blank in a controlled
manner, thereby approaching the desired shape rapidly --- rather than
removing material one particle at a time.
=20
Cheers,
Bill >>

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