Klarinet Archive - Posting 000183.txt from 2004/06

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] scandal/reeds - a word to beginner children and parents
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 08:26:49 -0400

Bill Hausmann wrote:

> Keep in mind, too, that music stores do not typically buy reeds
> directly from Rico or Vandoren, etc, but through middlemen (D'Addario
> in the case of Vandoren, many other jobbers for Rico). They get their
> cut, too.

Bill, Ormond, Richard,

Thanks for taking this thread in this direction.

As a small thought for those who teach beginning reed instruments, and
even those parents on the list:

I tell the parents of my beginners to purchase an entire box of either
1½ or 2 Mitchell Lurie reeds, or the Soft or Medium Soft La Voz or the
comparable sized Rico Grand Concerts (these are the brands that come to
mind that are the best priced, for the quality right now. I'm not
saying they are the only one s out there, mind!)

Then I tell the parents to dole the reeds out 2-3 at a time, and I
stress to my students that they MUST rotate their reeds. They cannot
play on the same reed every single day, because they wear out too fast.
Most of my private students tend to do pretty well with this system.
(Or did, while I was teaching.)

Just my thoughts for beginners. Purchasing single reeds one at a time
simply doesn't make any sense.

Patricia Smith

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