Klarinet Archive - Posting 000694.txt from 2004/11

From: Tom Wood <n4cid1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Legere reeds
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:54:54 -0500


Anna Cecilía Benassí wrote:

>Hi, and good luck with those #5 reeds! I might consider building a house
>with them but would never have the guts or chops to play them.
>
>The Klarinet archives is chock-full of Legere reed discussions, many of
>them quite interesting. The only comment I'll add is one that I never
>happened to see from others. Due to the fact that the Legere is a
>non-porous reed, water tends to condense behind it, and this increases the
>likelihood of a slight gurgling sound. I haven't given much thought to
>what I could do to reduce or eliminate this, though a recent post by Karl
>Krelove recommended swabbing the clarinet a few times early on in a
>playing session in order to remove condensation in the clarinet itself. If
>I remember his post correctly, he said he found that early swabbing tended
>to allow the clarinet to come to "playing temperature" without becoming
>dripping wet inside the bore. Karl, feel free to correct me if my
>paraphrasing is incorrect.
>
>Anyway, swabbing the mouthpiece and drying the reed off early in the
>session might help alleviate this slight problem (that I have had, anyway)
>with Legeres. Other than that, I've enjoyed using them, though I tend to
>favor the tone produced by a good cane reed.
>
>Best,
>Anna
>
>
Anna, I have noticed the moisture behind the reed also........I use
hair curling papers, I keep a couple handy, to insert
between the reed and the mouthpiece and that absorbs the
moisture.......(The moisture might be created by 'Sublimation')

Tom W

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