Klarinet Archive - Posting 000190.txt from 2009/02
From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net> Subj: Re: [kl] Brahms quintet Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:57:51 -0500
Michael Nichols wrote:
> I haven't played on period instruments before, but I have experimented
> with using narrow German-style reeds (White Masters, specifically) on
> my Buffet and my experience is that they are so responsive that they
> will practically play dry. French-width reeds are quite sluggish by
> comparison, which has led me to wonder what the point of wider-lay
> mouthpieces and reeds was in the first place.
Is that on a regular French mouthpiece ... ? How does it change things
(besides responsiveness)?
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