Klarinet Archive - Posting 000208.txt from 2009/03

From: "Michael and Linda Marmer" <mlmarmer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sqeaking
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:03:05 -0400

Thank you Michael, as yes, I just went to a 4 Mitchell Lurie reed, because I
used 4 and 5 for so long as a teenager. Never had this problem.

I will go down to a 3 as I did not have this problem with 2.5 I was using
this year.

Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Nichols" <mrn.clarinet@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Sqeaking

>I think you probably either need a different reed brand or a lighter
> strength. If it's the sound I'm thinking of, it's a little chirp at
> the beginning of a tongued note. If you listen very carefully the
> chirp I'm talking about almost hiss like. If it's what I think it is,
> it probably has something to do with the tip of the reed not matching
> the shape of the tip of the mouthpiece quite right, so there is a
> little bit of air leakage at the beginning of a note. You don't get
> this problem so much with softer reeds because they bend more to
> accommodate the mismatch. The sound I'm talking about is essentially
> like the hiss you get with reeds that are too hard, except that it
> lasts for such a short interval of time that it sounds more like a
> chirp than a hiss, but if you were to slow it down, it's actually a
> very short hiss.
>
> Don't know if that's really what you're experiencing, but I hope that
> helps...
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