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Re: Breaking in reed - new approach?

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2020-10-25 17:00

"Gennusa was reputed to have done exactly that - sometimes on the stage during a rehearsal or (supposedly) even a concert intermission. I didn't study with him, but he and his idiosyncrasies were more or less legend in the Philadelphia area when I was studying.
Amazing clarinetist and musician, however true or exaggerated the legend.
Karl"
I played with Gennusa in the BSO for about five years. He never did anything with the facing of his mouthpiece that I ever saw or heard but I did witness his "opening" the bore slightly on a few occasions, I was shocked. He had very strange ideas about a lot of things but he sure was a beautiful player.

With that said I want to say I'm not disagreeing with many opinions on this post, I speak only my experience in adjusting and making reeds for many years. I always adjusted the tips of a reed by what I call touchy, "slightly" flexing both sides against the tip of my finger to determing which side is unbalanced while wet. SLIGHTLY. The last time I was at a reed factory watching the production process was as a student in about 1960, the Vandoren factory. I used Vandorens up until about 1980 for clarinet and about 1995 on bass but must admit I don't ever remember measuring anything on a bass reed. I never made my own for bass. Good topic, thanks.

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