Klarinet Archive - Posting 000205.txt from 2004/06

From: "Holger Baxmann" <h@-----.com>
Subj: AW: [kl] Reeds
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 02:48:26 -0400

I am just at the very beginning with making noise on behalf of my mind =
with
a Buffet E10 and far from notice differences between reeds. There are =
really
different reeds for german vs. french systems ?

bax

> The only bad thing about the reed wizard is ... It is not=20
> available for German System clarinets
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> Best Georg
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> Am 14.06.2004 19:35 Uhr schrieb "Nancy Buckman" unter=20
> <eefer@-----.net>:
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> > Do yourselves a favor and get a Reed Wizard from Ben=20
> Armato. I have=20
> > never been one to fuss with reeds. If the reeds wouldn't=20
> play after a=20
> > swipe or two with reed rush, then out they went.
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> > Last week at the OK Clarinet Symposium, I tried Ben's Reed=20
> Wizard on a=20
> > whole new box of reeds right out of the box that were in need of=20
> > slight adjustment. A pass through his machine made every one=20
> > perfectly playable to me. The fellow from Rico was=20
> watching over my=20
> > shoulder while I fixed reed after reed. I turned around=20
> and asked him=20
> > why, if this little two piece tool could fix any reed I put on it,=20
> > that reed makers couldn't make a box of reeds that had no duds. He=20
> > mumbled out some bull about lack of technology. If Ben can=20
> make a two=20
> > piece tool that can be held in the hand, then I am sorry,=20
> but the big=20
> > reed makers should be able to find a way to do the same on an=20
> > automated machine. The money spent on the tool will pay for itself=20
> > many times over in the cost of wasted reeds.
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> > Nancy ( And Ben is so nice, too! It is my understanding that the=20
> > profits from the Reed Wizard go to scholarships for clarinetists.)
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> > Nancy Buckman
> > Principal Clarinet / Orchestra AACC
> > eefer@-----.net
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