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Klarinet Archive - Posting 000090.txt from 2007/02

From: "Scott Morrow" <scottdmorrow@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] RE: Help with reeds in Baltimore?
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:57:50 -0500

Rommel,
I'm REAL new to reed adjustment: I played a show last September and sat next
to the oboe/english horn player who was continuously adjusting his reeds,
and he showed me some basics and gave me one of his old reed knives.
Even so, I've found that it isn't that difficult to fix some of these
problems. I find even just holding the reed up to the light and shaving the
thickness so it is more or less symmetrical solves a lot of the problems.
The upper sides of the reed affect a lot of the higher notes.
I'm sure people on this list can give you more detailed suggestions!

-Scott Morrow
P.S. By the way, it looks like you live about 10 minutes away from me! I'm
in Hamilton!
If you think another set of eyes might help, you can contact me off the
list.
ScottDMorrow@-----.com

>
>Dear List,
>
>Hate to be a bother, but I need some help, I have Tom Ridenour's ATG Reed
>Finishing system, as well as the Reed Wizard and Vandoren's own little
>Glass
>Reed Resurfacer, but I am having the worst time figuring out how to balance
>or to properly "fix" or a-fix my reeds to the mouthpiece using a Rovner
>ligature.
>
>Everything has me bundled up in ties, I mean I can play okay, but when I go
>to the higher register I get squeaks or can't hit the note at all without
>biting the mouthpiece, and I know that this is wrong.
>
>And Ridenour's own explanation on the dynamics testing and other testing
>has
>me through the loop as well.
>
>I was really wondering if there is someone in the Baltimore area who could
>help me out, I mean I hate using reeds straight out of the box, I would
>rather use a well-adjusted reed and I want to do it on my own, but I really
>need good instruction on how to do it first.
>
>I tried contacting Tom Puwalski, but he hasn't responded to me in a long
>time.
>
>Could someone please help me? I would appreciate any help I could get.
>
>Thanks
>
>Rommel John Miller
>308 Dale Avenue
>Baltimore, MD 21206-1219
>410-668-4784
>410-967-8994
>DoctorX@-----.net
>RommelJMiller@-----.net

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