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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2007-02-17 15:52
Out of curiosity, how often do you change your reed during a concert or gig? The groups I'm in right now are playing for about an hour, then breaking for a half hour, and then playing about another hour and fifteen minutes. I don't change reed (a whole nother story), but I was wondering what others habits are on this.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: D
Date: 2007-02-17 15:57
I probably wouldn't change either. A reed that is on the way out might get too soggy and I'd have to change, but a reed in it's prime would take it and come back for more the next day.
The other weekend I had a 3 hour rehearsal on Saturday, 9 hours on Sunday and 2 hours on Monday night. The reed was admittedly getting towards the stage where I think about using something else but I figured that it was probably better to wreck that reed and then go back to the selection of better ones I have than use a good one and risk it getting chipped etc in rehearsals. I have a bad habit when I am tired of missing my mouth with the clarinet and ending up loosing a chunk of the top of the reed.
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Author: SVClarinet09
Date: 2007-02-17 16:39
When I was at my clinic last weekend(Friday and Saturday) I brought along 6 reeds. I had auditions for Governors School on Saturday so I switched reeds every two hours of so of rehearsal just to keep my good reed from being overplayed. I usually I have a couple of good reeds and one or two that just stand out. I can't ever play on a bad reed.
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Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2007-02-17 17:16
The concerts I play in are about two hours long. I have not had to change reeds during a concert.
I keep some available in a reed case in my pocket , but so far I've been lucky.
I adjust and break my reeds in over a ten day period, and seal the vamp when they are playing the way I want them.
My reed case holds five concert ready reeds, and five for rehearsals & practice.
The ones not good enough for rehearsals hit the trash, and the ones not good enough for concerts move down to the rehearsal group.
I rotate the five I'm using for rehearsal and practice, playing a different one each day.
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Author: mk
Date: 2007-02-17 21:13
One of the greatest Klezmer clarinetists of all time would tell me he would change his reed every 50,000 miles....
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