Klarinet Archive - Posting 000374.txt from 2003/05

From: "Bill Semple" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: reeds/cases, rotating
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 14:27:48 -0400

I do not buy handselect. I buy a box, and hope they play. My strategy is to
play them all a little; then five minutes each a second time around; set
aside the five or six that aren't great and then play the rest randomly. If
one or two standout, I mark them with an "A." But honestly, each time I come
back to this small group, I find one unmarked that seems to do the job.

I keep all of my new or reeds that didn't survive the first cut, because I
have also found that three months later, some of these can play beautifully.

William T. Semple
Office: 202-364-2466
Home: 540-364-4823
Cell: 540-903-6645
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rebecca Brennan" <rjbrennan1221@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: reeds/cases, rotating

> I have a good question too. Does anyone actually buy the Vandoren "hand
> select" reeds? I noticed they cost 10 dollars more. Are these supposed to
be
> hand picked? How on earth do they select these?
>

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