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Re: reed strength and sound quality

Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2011-01-02 12:35

>>Firstly does anyone have information about the reed strengths that the artists in question actually used? I guess(sorry for that) that reeds were not marked at the time?
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Does anybody know when commercial manufacturers of reeds first began putting numbers on them? If so, do the earliest numbers seem standardized at all? (Not that today's numbers are consistently standard from one brand to another -- we all know they're not -- but at least today we can predict accurately that a reed marked 5 will be stiffer than a reed marked 2, no matter who manufactured it. I don't know whether that was always true or not.)

I ask because when I've bought antique clarinets (late 19th century, early 20th century) in "garage horn" condition, in original cases and apparently unplayed for decades, they often come with some handmade reeds. I've never tried playing on those reeds because they've all looked dirty and deteriorated and anyway, I don't know where they've been. I've read descriptions of orchestra clarinet players in times of yore making reeds while the conductor worked with the musicians from other sections. It may be that we just can't answer this question.

Lelia
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