Klarinet Archive - Posting 000282.txt from 2004/04

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Eepher Discovery
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:28:21 -0400

Just found something that works - thought I'd share it.

I play a lot of Eb in my wind ensemble. As I've posted before, I don't use
Eb reeds - I much prefer cut-down Vandoren V12s. (Indded, Greg Smith
suggested that his mouthpiece - which I adore - was designed just that way).

As it happens, my orchestra is currently programming Huntley Beyer's fourth
symphony, which requires the first clarinet to play about 30 measures on
soprano saxophone. Had to borrow one from a friend, as I don't currently
own one. Of course, I killed the only soprano reed I had at the first
rehearsal (death by mouthpiece cap, grrr). Fortunately, I had my eepher
with me, and don't you know it the cut-down Bb reed worked OK to get through
the rehearsal. A little stiff, but worked.

Fast forward one week. Not to be left reedless again, I bought a box of
Vandoren Sop Sax reeds. Work better on the thing than a silly clarinet
thing cut down.

. . . and now the part that y'all might find disturbing. The soprano sax
reeds work really, really well on the eepher! The lay is shorter, but
they're still wide enough to over-cover the table. Nice and stable.

I'm sure that there a special level of purgatory reserved for me for this.

kjf

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