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Author: ClairGirl
Date: 2002-01-02 04:40
What can one do with reeds that are completely unusable? (meaning either played out or beyond my means of adjusting it). Maybe make little log cabins or tiki huts? ( ; Any ideas?
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Author: allencole
Date: 2002-01-02 06:31
Those who like to paint their nails like Faberge easter eggs could use them for practice.
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Author: Michael Kincaid
Date: 2002-01-02 11:52
I'm saving all my old ones. One day I'm going to make something--kind of like my
son does with popsickle sticks.
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2002-01-02 13:24
For those intrepid individuals who like to work on mouthpieces, you can trim the side of an old unusable reed and glue a piece of sandpaper to the bottom, then use the resulting 'sandpaper/reed file' to work on the baffle and interior of a mouthpiece.
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2002-01-02 13:33
For those intrepid individuals who like to work on mouthpieces, you can trim the side of an old unusable reed and glue a piece of sandpaper to the bottom, then use the resulting 'sandpaper/reed file' to work on the baffle and interior of a mouthpiece.
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2002-01-02 15:15
Try abstract sculpture. When you have more, you can just stick them on somewhere or other. I have bad reeds scattered all over my room, in my pockets, my locker, everywhere...
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Author: William
Date: 2002-01-02 15:37
None of my bad reeds survive the "wall test." One of my old Selmer clarinets failed the test as well. Aside from reshingling my home, I have not considered any uses for the bad ones. Idea!!!! How about a Reed Exchange. Kind of like the Bumper or Tuba Exchanges. For a small subscription fee every year, we could all send each other our usuables--like in garage sales, your "junk" might be my "treasure." Anyhow, Good Clarineting in 2002!!!!!!!!!!
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Author: Sandra F. H.
Date: 2002-01-02 16:16
I'm having students save their "old reeds" for a reed adjusting class. Other than that, I've saved "old reeds" and tried them years later and found them working. Generally, though, they're great frustration releases...SMASH THEM INTO THE WALL !!! (Yes, tip FIRST!)
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Author: beejay
Date: 2002-01-02 17:23
Offer them to artists. They make a great way of applying oils or acrylics to canvas.
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Author: David Pegel
Date: 2002-01-02 17:44
I've said this before, but I burn the tips off them when they crack or "die" and store them in a box and see how long it takes for the box to fill up.
Burning reeds gives off a good smell, they look cool, and it's a way of "paying respects" to a faithful reed and punishing the bad ones.
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Author: Laurie H.
Date: 2002-01-02 21:02
I tend to use them as plant markers in the garden in the spring when I put in the seedlings. They're also pretty good for mixing epoxy.
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Author: lynn
Date: 2002-01-03 00:23
Isn't the wall test just the greatest outlet for frustration?!
;)
Lynn
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Author: Won Kim
Date: 2002-01-03 01:01
I hold them in my hand and rush to the band room wall. It's fun.
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Author: William
Date: 2002-01-03 15:30
Javier--WRITE A BOOK!!!!! I will be first in line. The best I can do--even with my Reed Wizard--is nine out of ten. Good "Reeding" to us all!!!!!!!
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Author: javier garcia
Date: 2002-01-03 15:42
Really, I don't know how it goes, but sometimes there are very very bad reeds. I keep them for some two or three years, and then I try again. Obviously, they don't play as a good one, but I can play with them, finaly.
Good clarineting.
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