Klarinet Archive - Posting 000422.txt from 2005/05

From: "Steve Hartman" <sdh902@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Question on Gonzales FOF reeds
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 08:22:28 -0400

Bryan Rudderow wrote: "But after about 5 minutes,
the reed was basically dead, it lost all of the center in the sound and
the articulation was flabby."

May I suggest to you that you may be playing brand-new reeds for too long? For me (a Northeastern
U.S clarinetist) the first few trials of reeds never last for more than a few seconds. Five minutes
on a brand-new reed would virtually guarantee water-logging and possible ruining of the reed. In
fact, if I have a piece of cane which seems destined for greatness, I don't even play it every day
for the first week or so. I'm not familiar with the Gonzales cane but I can't imagine that it's any
less porous than Vandoren.

Steve Hartman
NYC

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