Klarinet Archive - Posting 000297.txt from 2003/05

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: reed cases/reed system
Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 22:48:05 -0400

on 5/15/2003 11:42 AM, EClarinet@-----.com wrote:

>I'm not sure what part of the country you're from, but here in Florida, reed
>cases that are enclosed are NOT a good idea. They cause mold to grow like
>crazy. In my experience, the little black plastic Vito reed guard with the
>rubber holders and the air slots are just great, but they only hold 4 reeds
>each.
>
In addition to several fancy, expensive cases, I use a couple of those
Vito cases. They're great. I also use the Vandoren, even here in humid
Richmond. I dry reeds carefully before putting them in the Vandoren case,
and don't have mold problems.
>
>While we're on the subject of reeds, I just got my Ridenour ATG reed system
>yesterday, and tried it on one of my students. There are two main ways to
>use it, and I did the basic one of just evening out the tips of all 4 of
>this
>students' reeds (Vandoren V-12's), including the ones that were chipped (6th
>graders!). The difference was AMAZING! I haven't tried it on my reeds yet,
>as my clarinet is in the shop, but I am anxious to start. I will report
>further when I have done so.

Could you describe this "system"? Is a photo on Ridenour's web site? What
does it do, and how?

I'm a sucker for reed tools/toys (just bought a Reed Wizard) and would
like to explore this.

David

David Niethamer
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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