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45 degrees?

Author: Bill
Date: 2016-05-12 04:29

Hi. I'm an ==>amateur<== clarinetist and collector of vintage clarinets who has been around forever (a guy with an orchestral chair once called my posts "ubiquitous"). As such, forever humble, I have an embarrassing but earnest question.

I can't figure out how you do the 45 degree slant thing where you can tell if one side of a reed (apparently the opposite side) is more responsive than the other.

I need a video, or something. How do you *damp* one side of the reed by holding the mouthpiece in the corner of your mouth (or something)? I mean, *huh*? As long as the mouthpiece and reed are in my mouth, no matter the angle, both sides seem to be vibrating.

One of those football diagrams would help.

Thank you.

Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)

Post Edited (2016-05-12 04:30)

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