Klarinet Archive - Posting 000473.txt from 2000/07

From: Joe Fasel <jhf@-----.gov>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds (Legere)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:30:56 -0400

| Don't mess around with knives. Why chance messing up Legere's magnificent
| job of machining. These reeds are really BALANCED. If they seem out of
| balance your mouthpiece is probably to blame.
|
| Ed Maurey

I wonder if what causes Legere reeds to fall just short of the very
best cane reeds is that the material is so consistent in density.
Maybe the minor variations in density from point to point within
a cane reed are important for getting the harmonics that you want.
Along these lines, I wonder what a mouthpiece with an asymmetrical
facing would do for a Legere reed.

--Joe

Joseph H. Fasel, Ph.D. email: jhf@-----.gov
Technology Modeling and Analysis phone: +1 505 667 7158
University of California fax: +1 505 667 2960
Los Alamos National Laboratory postal: TSA-7 MS F609
Los Alamos, NM 87545

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