Klarinet Archive - Posting 000960.txt from 2003/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Adjusting Reeds
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:26:50 -0400

At 12:06 AM 6/26/2003 -0400, Nancy Buckman wrote:

>Has there eve been an attempt to make a mouthpiece reed combination that
>is all one unit? I had a dream about this a few nights back. The thing
>was a mouthpiece/reed/ligature and instrument all-in-one and Eddie Daniels
>was playing it at a jazz concert. The instrument was all polymer
>construction and sounded just like a clarinet should sound. Yeah, I
>know, this is an "only in your dreams " kind of thing, but I just had to ask.

If I am not mistaken, early instruments (chalumeau or before) were made
with the reed and the whole instrument in one piece. Of course that means
every time your reed wears out, you have to buy a whole new
instrument. Somewhat inefficient, I would say. And given the wild
inconsistency in mouthpieces, to have to replace one every time your reed
(even an polymer one) wore out would not be much better!

Bill Hausmann

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

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