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Author: 2E
Date: 2011-09-05 00:23
I don't really understand the point of this thread ...
2E
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Author: Leanne E.
Date: 2011-09-05 00:49
I'm sorry for your loss.
You might think about having them cremated...but only if that's what they would have wanted.
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Author: deepriver27
Date: 2011-09-05 00:53
I used to name mine. I give them all a notation on the back on what needs doing and my rating system has evolved to a point that someday I would have to destroy them in order to keep from confusing anthropologists in the future.
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2011-09-05 01:41
I am an oboist (former clarinetist) who buys four reeds a month, and I number them all consecutively.
There have been memorable reeds: #37, which saw me through three weeks of performances of "Camelot"; #91, an amazing reed which met an untimely demise when I dropped it on it's head on a concrete floor; #105, which would have been among the best, except that I tried to adjust it too soon in the breaking-in process; and a memorable series of 4 in the 150-numbered range that were all good from the get-go, and remain in the rotation.
They all have their distinct personalities, and I DO understand what this thread is about. Good reeds are like good dogs. We love them to pieces while they are with us, and mourn their passing like nothing else in our lives.
Susan
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Author: Tony M
Date: 2011-09-05 14:34
I'm unduly moved by this thread. Either it's late and I'm tired (12.33am here in Brisbane) or I need to spend some time at the piano.
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Author: TJTG
Date: 2011-09-06 03:43
My reeds are all in a zip lock bag. In their vandoren plastic cases. They all wait until their day comes again, as Eb reeds. Maybe one day I'll play Eb so much I'll go through my 100+ saved reeds. Otherwise they'll sit in their little plastic graveyard.
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Author: salzo
Date: 2011-09-07 10:27
I throw the oldies into my composte pile, along with fruit and vegetable discards. Ive had potatoes, tomatoes, and even a peach tree grow from the composte pile- Im waiting for the arundo donax sprouts to start.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2011-09-07 14:25
I've been playing Vandoren purple box reeds since 1958. For years, I threw the not-up-to-snuff ones in a paper bag, hoping that they might improve with age. I recently tried quite a bunch, and, if anything, they had gotten worse. None of them were worth working on.
I learned to make reeds from blanks, so I tried cutting off 1" from the tip and re-profiling them. Nope.
I also finally opened a box I bought in 1968. They were OK, but no better than the current ones.
There ain't no magic. In fact, Rico Reserve Classic play better for me than any of the old brands.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Jwinn
Date: 2011-09-07 16:51
David mentioned making a reed house. If you are very frustrated with all things reeds, I suggest making frozen treats-on-a-stick with the reeds, and slapping the popsicle stick on the clarinet. I find that the Hoodsie cup wooden spoons offer the darkest, roundest, most fluid tone.
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Author: annev
Date: 2011-09-07 17:43
My husband likes to use them as markers for the vegetable garden...
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Author: beejay
Date: 2011-09-07 20:45
Give them to an artist. They make great paint spatulas.
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Author: salzo
Date: 2011-09-07 21:12
The cases that vandoren reeds come in make for a not bad knife sheath. I make knives for my students, and use them as sheaths.
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2011-09-08 12:05
I have some old reeds on my work bench. They are great for spreading contact cement out on a MP or tenon when re-corking. The brush in the can of cement is OK but my work in more precise with a Vandoren V12. :-)
Tenor sax reeds work well for putting cement under edges of linoleum that has come up a little. Let dry and roll it.
HRL
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Author: ariel3
Date: 2011-09-08 22:02
As Charlie Brown would say - "Oh Good Grief, Go Practice"
Truthfully, the way I figure - since I have switched to Forestone, I probably will only use one or two reeds a year. What can I build with that.
Take care,
Gene
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Author: clarchick
Date: 2011-09-09 04:05
Skeleton for a gingerbread house? Then shellac it and put it in a glass box!
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