Klarinet Archive - Posting 000429.txt from 2002/06

From: JEDISUSHI@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: "Buzzy" sound ...
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 19:04:59 -0400

In a message dated 6/14/02 5:32:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
w7wright@-----.net writes:

> Well, Jedi, I'd like to make Sushi of that comment. It's true that
> Gigliotti was once quoted as saying: "I went through maybe 1,500 reeds
> and found 200 with possibilities, not necessarily playable." But this
> quote was from years ago, and I'm sure that equipment and methods and
> materials have improved much since then.
>
> I doubt that even 5% of the Klarinet audience discard 90% of the reeds
> they buy. This returns us to the issue that many (most?) clarinetists
> want to get different sounds out of their equipment in different
> situations. If you can do so, then you can find value in more than 10%
> of the reeds you buy.
>
> If adjusting reeds has no other value, it teaches you how to hear and
> cope with differences between individual reeds.
>
> Cheers,
> Bill

I understand your comments. And I certainly spend time working on reeds like

everybody else. In response to your quote from the past, Marcellus once said

in an interview, very shortly before his death, that he much preferred the
Moree cane from his days in the orchestra to the cane now. I absolutely
agree that a reed I'd use to play a chamber music recital is different from
an orchestra reed, but both would adhere to a few basic standards.

Michael

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