Klarinet Archive - Posting 000069.txt from 2009/06

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevin.fay.home@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Alternate for Eb Reeds
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:57:20 -0400

Ed Wojtowicz posted on "making: Eb reeds:

<<<Another option to take the ends off is a good pair of pruning shears
(small hand held type that you would use to do small branches). It makes
very quick work of it.>>>

This is what I've done for some 20 years. Those little shears last a long
time if you can keep your spouse from pruning real trees with them!

Seriously - cutting down a Bb reed is *better* than using the store-bought
Eb ree. My Eb mouthpiece (Greg Smith) is designed to use Vandoren V12s cut
down. Before I got that, though, all of the stock Eb mouthpieces I had
worked better with the Bb reeds cut down.

Save some money, and play better!

kjf

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