Klarinet Archive - Posting 000377.txt from 2003/05

From: "Resurgere Jones" <resurgereweb@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: reeds/cases, rotating
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 15:12:14 -0400

Amen to everything, but there is a possible middle ground here - I seem to
have (partly) touched off Reed War XIV with a simple bit of advice to rotate
reeds. Of anal-compulsive reed-sorting, tinkering, numbering, soaking in
Windex, etc. I have said nothing. My entire scheme has been that any
instrument I play that requires a different reed size, I invest in the
cheapest plastic 4-reed holder I can find, and I play different ones in
(roughly) rotation. For the record, I am also of the "play-or-die" school,
and I don't consider this to be any contradiction with the idea of keeping
more than one reed around that you've played before, in the event that one
of them gets chipped, warped, etc.

>From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.edu>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: RE: [kl] Re: reeds/cases, rotating Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 12:35:08
>-0400
>
>I have played clarinet for more than forty years, have never rotated reeds,
>have never had tired muscle syndrome or any trouble being prepared for a
>concert. I have even been so bold (here it comes, get the fire
>extinguisher), as I did last night, as to pull 2 reeds out of a box and
>slap them on my Eb and Bb clarinets, toot on them once or twice, declare
>they were fine, and proceed to sit through the longest concert I think I
>have ever played (2 3/4 hours), just to see if there really was a reason to
>rotate reeds. All this after playing mostly on one stinking Legere on each
>instrument for more months than I can remember. Not everyone needs to go
>through this anally retentive routine of religious reed ritual. It's fine
>to suggest a solution, but to say that one must rotate reeds or he/she will
>suffer from acute facial muscle collapse if they don't, or that they better
>rotate their reeds or the Clarinetist's Rotationary Army will get them, is
>balderdash. I'm with Tony on this one. The more ritualistic you get, the
>more likely that you will deal with these unfortunate clarinet maladies. I
>have 21 students and none of them has to go through all this. Some like
>the cheap Rico reeds and some play other brands, but none have a reed
>religion that they subscribe to. Maybe I'm crazy, but there is more to
>clarineting than sitting and sorting reeds and worshipping reed cases and
>glass plates. Man, get a life!
>
>Nancy (I will be in my bomb shelter for a while.)
>
>Nancy E. Buckman, Technical Assistant
>School of Health Professions, Wellness and Physical Education
>Anne Arundel Community College
>Arnold, MD 21012-1895 USA
>Phone 410-777-2316 Fax 410-777-2233
>E-mail nebuckman@-----.edu
>
>
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