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Author: BassetHorn
Date: 2005-11-14 22:02
Has anyone ever damaged a beautifully playing reed while putting on the mouthpiece cap? It happend to me the other night and I felt terrible.
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2005-11-15 00:29
Happened to me with the ligature. Threw it on in a hurry (big mistake). But there'll be other reeds.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: GoatTnder
Date: 2005-11-15 00:48
Likewise with the ligature. Too many times to count now. So I put the lig on first, and then slide the reed in now.
About the cap, I've done that one on sax quite a few times. Not so much on clarinet.
Andres Cabrera
South Bay Wind Ensemble
www.SouthBayWinds.com
sbwe@sbmusic.org
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2005-11-15 00:49
Alex,
How did you come to the practice of removing the reed before capping your mouthpiece.
YES, Basset, I've dont that, too --but only with my very best reeds.
Bob Phillips
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2005-11-15 02:17
I only cap it when it goes into the case, really. Probably not the best practice to leave it out uncapped, but that's what I do. Also, if I'm leaving it unattended for a significant amount of time so that it DOES need capping, I'll tend to be switching reeds as well.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: Bassie
Date: 2005-11-15 08:04
Yup. Take the reed off, don't bother with the cap. Just leave it in the case for show, and to stop the mouthpiece rattling about. I always think the cap ruins the line of the clarinet anyway - looks like a pepper-pot stuck on top, just daft.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2005-11-15 08:13
I cap the mpc when it's in the case, and I have a worn (and marked so) reed on the mpc, to protect the rails when un/capping with "sausage fingers".
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Ben
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Author: vjoet
Date: 2005-11-15 12:39
I never, ever, use a mouthpiece cap at any time for any reason. You're fortunate the mishap damaged only the reed and not the mouthpiece as well. Instead, I put my mouthpiece in a infant sock in the case. Matter of fact, all my mouthpieces are stored in a box, each in an infant sock.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2005-11-15 15:13
> I put my mouthpiece in a infant sock ...
... while the infant has to toddle barefoot. ;-)
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Ben
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-11-15 16:44
Your membership card is in the mail....
Bob Draznik
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Author: Mike Clarinet
Date: 2005-11-16 09:19
Yes - at my last spring concert. I had a beautifully singing reed. We had a pre-going -on -stage tune-up. I tuned up, put mpc cap on and sliced the reed from top to bottom. I then invented a few new words, mixed with some good old-fashioned anglo-saxon.
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