Klarinet Archive - Posting 000098.txt from 2011/03

From: Martin Marks <martymarks511@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reed adjustment
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:09:25 -0400

You can even moisten them and polish them if you miss the ritual.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Martin Marks <martymarks511@-----.com>wrote:

> I used to spend most of my practice time moistening, adjusting, polishing
> and cursing at reeds. Now, the new synthetic Legere Signature reeds and the
> new Forestone French cut are so good I spend all my practice time
> practicing. Try it. No one will know if you don't tell them.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Rachel Roessel <gsurosey@-----.com>wrote:
>
>> > The first thing I do when I put a reed on the mouthpiece, if it is a bit
>> > fuzzy, is shine it one a piece of paper.
>>
>> The first thing I do with my new reeds now is to seal them from absorbing
>> too
>> much moisture (by getting them wet and rubbing them; I described that
>> horribly,
>> but my teacher showed me). I have a flat glass resurfacer and round
>> glass stick
>> (the Vandoren thing) that I smooth out the back with. I then check the tip
>> for
>> evenness and adjust as necessary with the stick making sure not to mess
>> with the
>> heart of the reed (adjusting tip and sides of the vibrating parts of the
>> reed).
>> Making small adjustments and playing between them. I'm getting better at
>> breaking in my reeds more slowly so I don't blow them out as quickly as I
>> used
>> to. I found a combination that works well for me(Vandoren V12 #4 with a
>> Vandoren
>> M13 series 13 mouthpiece). It's still hard for me to put down a reed that
>> sounds
>> really good, but knowing it's not broken in well yet, it will die if I
>> keep
>> playing on it that day.
>>
>> This was part of my problem in college. I could never understand why the
>> orchestra conductor was always telling me to play our more because he
>> couldn't
>> really hear me. I couldn't understand why he would say that; after all, I
>> was
>> blowing so hard I felt my face turn red (and I heard myself so I assumed
>> he
>> could, too). Turns out that my mouthpiece and reed combination weren't
>> working
>> well together (I played on reeds as hard as I'm using now (Rue LePic #4),
>> but
>> with a 5RV series 13 mouthpiece, so it was too open for that strength reed
>> to
>> work for me). My current combination works much better and my teacher
>> notices a
>> difference for the better.
>>
>> There's my input on the reed adjusting.
>>
>> Rachel
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Klarinet mailing list
>> Klarinet@-----.com
>> To do darn near anything to your subscription, go to:
>> http://klarinet-list.serve-music.com
>>
>
>
_______________________________________________
Klarinet mailing list
Klarinet@-----.com
To do darn near anything to your subscription, go to:
http://klarinet-list.serve-music.com