Klarinet Archive - Posting 000348.txt from 2002/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Reed strength
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 17:45:12 -0500

At 04:47 PM 12/13/2002 -0500, Karl Krelove wrote:
> Which, I submit based on my teaching experience, is an awful idea. I've
>never run into a student who couldn't produce a full sound on the original
>equipment mouthpieces supplied with the Yamahas, Buffet Evettes, Bundies or
>Vitos using a #2 Rico, and most can actually play with a more controlled
>tone using a #2-1/2. Unless there's something physically wrong with the
>individual mouthpiece. For the very rare child (who I suppose must exist)
>who can't manage the #2, it's easy enough to substitute a 1-1/2. Too light a
>reed causes even a beginner to take a fundamentally bad approach to
>embouchure that is counterproductive in the longer process.
>
>We stipulate in the rental contract we negotiate for our students that
>replacements be supplied for the 1-1/2 reeds that Yamaha puts in the cases.

We put 2's in our rental instruments, unless a specific school stipulates
something different. I agree that 1 1/2's are too light. We don't even
STOCK them in our main store, although one of the other stores in the chain
does due to local demand.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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