Klarinet Archive - Posting 000632.txt from 2004/11

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] HOW TO handle new REEDS?
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:53:41 -0500

On 22 Nov, kurtheisig@-----.net wrote:

> Steve Adelstein is traveling on the west coast in an RV all of the time. He
> is the inventor of the "American scrape" for oboe, and designed the reed
> tools made by Kalman Opperman.
>
> Steve gives reed clinics at our stores twice a year as he goes through
> north to south or south to north! He is available for private lessons in
> reed-making and finishing also. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!

[snip]

This is all just opportunistic bullshit.

The most important thing about reed-making is to understand what you want the
reed to do for you in your playing, and to appreciate where it is supplying
that, and where it is lacking.

Until you know that -- and it's non-trivial knowledge -- all of this is
useless.

I'm not saying that Steve Adelstein may not have things that may be useful
for a good player.

But this puff goes well beyond that.

Tony
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... I didn't know it was impossible when I did it.

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