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Re: Does flattening a reed really make it "totally toast"?

Author: vrufino
Date: 2018-01-04 19:18

I studied with Joe Allard for 10 years, beginning when I was 15 yrs. old. As most high school students, there were weeks when I did not practice enough to play for him, but instead took a reed adjusting lesson. Before using sandpaper Mr. Allard would use plain paper, often a page from one of my lesson books. Using a circular motion he would rub the reed on paper 3 times in each direction. This worked temporarily, also when a reed closed up during playing.
In a recent You tube video Ed. Joffey interviews the current principal clarinetist from the Boston Symphony. When Ed asked him how he worked on reeds, the reply was the "spray and play method". He scattered 2 boxes of reeds on a table and prayed that some of them would work! If they did not he put them in a large box in his closet and would revisit them at a later date., stating that he was doing so much playing that he did not have time to adjust reeds. Too bad that we all can't say the same :=)

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