Klarinet Archive - Posting 000034.txt from 2004/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] old cane (was: and now for a quick commercial ad)
Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 22:46:28 -0400

At 10:02 PM 5/2/2004 -0400, David Niethamer wrote:
>This is the second time in the last few days that I've seen a post
>praising the superiority of "old cane". I wonder if any other players
>have the same experience as I do with very "well aged" cane? In my
>experience, it gets too dried out and then is more subject to the
>vagaries of the wetting/drying process (warping). This causes reeds (and
>tube cane from which I make reeds) to suffer in the longevity department,
>and also seems to result in less than the optimum sound that I'd like to
>hear from these reeds.

I have some old Ciccone Symmetricut 4's that are at least 35 years old. I
was using with my O'Brien OB* crystal a couple of years ago. Every one was
a winner right out of the box. I only have a couple left (unfortunately, I
generously gave away a bunch of what I originally had because they were too
hard for me, given the mouthpiece I was using at that time).

Bill Hausmann

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

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