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Re: Beveled Side Rails

Author: Ed
Date: 2018-09-06 22:48

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..like riding a bicycle with low pressure and wide tires - it makes for a detuned, inefficient, laborious ride.

While I would never think of disagreeing with Brad about mouthpiece design. (and while I don't want to get off topic here), I want to offer my 2 cents on this non clarinet topic. For years the thinking in cycling was that very narrow tires pumped up hard as a rock would have greater efficiency and yield a faster ride. In recent years, studies have been done indicating that somewhat wider tires at lower pressures actually have less rolling resistance and more control. Consequently, many riders and pros are riding wider tires than had been popular a number of years ago.

Regarding Brad's thoughts on reed strength, a somewhat lighter reed can really improve so many things about response, sound and flexibility, to say nothing of endurance.

Of course, there are varying opinions on this. A few years back, a colleague of mine told me that she was at a workshop taught by a very prominent player in the clarinet world, who advocated very hard reeds and who said that most players are playing reeds that are too light. He gets great results, but I doubt that most of us could get much of a sound on his set up.

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