Klarinet Archive - Posting 000224.txt from 2005/08

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] reeds warping
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:12:39 -0400

This can effectively straighten out the crinkling you get in the reed
tip when it isn't wet enough - most students don't really wet the reed
before they start playing.

The warping Peter was talking about happens along the length of the
bottom of the reed. It should be flat, but sometimes the sides of the
cane will pull slightly upward leaving the entire bottom slightly convex
from side to side instead of flat. Different problem than tip rippling.

Karl

Anne Lenoir wrote:

>I can't remember where I learned how to "iron" my reeds, but it is a
>technic that I use several times a day, and I teach all my kids how to
>do it. Of course I am not litterally "ironing" the reed with my iron,
>but actually taking the reed off the mouthpiece, then pressing it
>against the flat portion of the mouthpiece perpendicularly, then rubbing
>the reed tip with my left thumb, then squashing it as flat as I can with
>one thumb on top of the other. It almost always makes the reed respond
>much better. It is the same thing as rubbing the from the tip of the
>reed, all the way down to 1/2 inch, on a nice flat piece of glass. Then
>I re-adjust the reed onto the mouthpiece carefully put the ligature back
>on.
> In band class when a student has a "fuzzy" or harsh tone, I
>immedately look at them and say "What do you think you should do next?"
>and they immediately say, "I think I need to 'iron' my reed. ANNIE
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