Klarinet Archive - Posting 000251.txt from 2002/08

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds!!
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:50:38 -0400

I find your system totally disgusting.
No one should be that well organized. ;-)

Lacy Schroeder wrote:

> On Saturday, I fixed about 40 reeds, which is a real coup for me since I
> hate messing with them. And since there were so many, I wanted some sort
> of system in which I could differentiate them. I have used numbers
> (marked on the heel) in the past, and I have remembered certain numbers
> in the rotation I was using, but couldn't remember the playing
> characteristics of the others. I know this sounds simplistic, and I'm
> sure someone else on the list has done this too, but I came up with a
> new little system for myself. I have a box of skinny Crayola markers,
> the classic colors, and devised a color-coding system in which a dot of
> a certain color designates a different characteristic of the reed. So,
> in my process, I have three different colors designating the reed in
> sort of a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place overall quality. Red is a #1, blue is a
> #2, and brown is a #3 and only fit for practicing. Then, I designated
> other colors for other reed characteristics, black for a covered sound,
> and green for an open sound. Then, I put a final dot to designate how
> the reed plays on both my Bb and A. An orange dot means it plays well on
> both, a purple dot means it is better suited for my A, and a yellow dot
> for my Bb. So, this way I see a reed in the box, and I can tell by the
> red, orange, and black dots on the heel that it's a #1 reed with a
> covered sound that plays well on both horns. I keep a color key taped to
> the inside lid of my reed-supply box so I don't forget which color means
> what.
>
> I'm sure I'm not the first to do this, but I'm excited about it and
> thought I'd share my little bit of clarinet-nerdiness. I'm also excited
> about starting my grad studies next month at Northwestern!! I seriously
> wish they were on semesters instead of quarters, because I'm itching to
> go back to school and most everyone else is in school already and I have
> another month to wait!! Call me a geek, but I'm a big academia nut and
> love to be stimulated intellectually. I'm thinking of intentionally
> failing my placement exams just so I can take the history review classes
> and such (haha, that was a joke, I'm not THAT crazy). :) Okay, now I'm
> just rambling (too much coffee this morning) so I'll say "adieu."
>
> Adieu!
>
> Lacy Schroeder
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